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Recent Examples of soap opera
Hirson appeared on numerous soap operas in the 1960s and ’70s, including The Edge of Night and Somerset.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Feb. 2025
Musk's Bid Is a Fly in the Ointment for OpenAI
In a nutshell, Altman is the golden boy of the AI Revolution but Musk has massive power in the Beltway and this chain of events is likely just the start of a bigger soap opera poised to play out between Musk and Altman.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
Bruce French, the dependable character actor who did lots of work for the theater and portrayed Father Lonigan, the blind priest on the soap opera Passions who somehow could sense that evil was imminent, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025
They have been involved in two real-life soap operas — getting publicly spurned by Japanese star Roki Sasaki and seeing the widow of their beloved former chairman file a lawsuit against her husband’s brothers that contests control of the team.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Feb. 2025
Musk's Bid Is a Fly in the Ointment for OpenAI
In a nutshell, Altman is the golden boy of the AI Revolution but Musk has massive power in the Beltway and this chain of events is likely just the start of a bigger soap opera poised to play out between Musk and Altman.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025
Bruce French, the dependable character actor who did lots of work for the theater and portrayed Father Lonigan, the blind priest on the soap opera Passions who somehow could sense that evil was imminent, has died.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025
They have been involved in two real-life soap operas — getting publicly spurned by Japanese star Roki Sasaki and seeing the widow of their beloved former chairman file a lawsuit against her husband’s brothers that contests control of the team.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soap opera
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Chicken, cannellini beans, corn, and fresh poblano chiles are combined, taking only 12 minutes to cook in a pressure cooker.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Mar. 2025
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Founded in Nashville in the 1890s, this is corn meal has a stellar reputation for its fine texture and reliable results.—
Staff Author,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2025
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The return of sludge haulers have made a difference for Andrea Chiarella’s daily walks.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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Soon, snowmen will soon melt into brown piles of sludge and green grass will appear again.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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Millions of dollars in grain have been sitting unused in Kansas, where farmers export sorghum, wheat, rice and lentils.—
Marisa Peñaloza,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2025
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Italy produced 40,000 hectares of grain sorghum in 2023, as well as 25,000 hectares of feed sorghum, according to Sorghum ID.—
Indrabati Lahiri,
Forbes,
21 Nov. 2024
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“Soap opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soap%20opera. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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