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soap opera

[op-er-uh, op-ruh] / ˈɒp ər ə, ˈɒp rə /


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The audience for the wedding, which aired over two days, was around 30 million viewers and remains the highest-rated soap opera event in history.

From Los Angeles Times

You have to laugh at Mr. Delrahim’s ironic reappearance in this antitrust soap opera.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I did two soap operas and it was great,” Moura says excitedly.

From Los Angeles Times

There were just eight 147s across the 1980s, a snooker decade bursting with soap opera drama and towering characters.

From BBC

A neat bookend to another traumatic 12 months in Welsh rugby's soap opera.

From BBC