soap opera

Example Sentences

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“If you look at the original soap opera, no one paid for it,” Shapiro said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

A Chicago native, Runyon made her television debut as Sally Frame in the long-running soap opera “Another World.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

If it was a soap opera, he'd have been barred from the pub and written out the script.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

But as the satirically pompous, high-strung Moira Rose, the uncomfortably broke former soap opera queen and matriarch of the hit Canadian sitcom “Schitt’s Creek,” O’Hara achieved universal acclaim and endless memeability.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2026

At home, I lived in a world of high drama and intrigue, immersing myself in an ever-evolving soap opera of dolls.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama