soap opera

as in corn
something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental the movie started out well, but quickly devolved into improbable soap opera

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Recent Examples of soap opera February, on the contrary, was ludicrous, delivering a deluge of life-consuming experiences, from Civilization VII’s grand strategy soap opera to Kingdom Come: Deliverance II’s medieval RPG of beguiling, maddening detail. Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2025 The two both appeared together on the soap opera All My Children that same year. Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2025 The actor, 39, is saying goodbye to Days of Our Lives after 10 years playing Chad DiMera on the popular soap opera. Liza Esquibias, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025 But with most projectors, even the lowest setting for the feature adds a digital video effect—also called a soap opera effect—that makes film look like live video. PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soap opera
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Noun
  • China has responded swiftly to Trump’s tariffs, imposing 15% duties on chicken, wheat, corn and cotton imports from the US.
    Olesya Dmitracova, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2025
  • China responded with 15% duties on American chicken, wheat, corn and cotton imports.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • More than a billion gallons of coal ash slurry breached a containment pond, inundating 300 acres with toxic sludge and contaminating nearby waterways.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Only the Greater Los Angeles area distributed more sludge to farmers during the same period.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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  • Cover crops like millet, sorghum, and black-eyed peas have been successful at the botanic gardens.
    Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • From ramps plucked from the earth in springtime to sorghum squeezed in the fall, its unique culinary identity has been a source of pride and tourism dollars.
    Hanna Raskin, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Soap opera.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soap%20opera. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.

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