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Recent Examples of soapbox
Colin Farrell plays Oz’s big soapbox moment like a kabuki version of an undercover midnight drug or arms deal scene from Miami Vice — hamming it up and steely-eyed steaming it up in equal measure.
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
Nearly everyone — from a powerful politician all the way down to that cousin — has a soapbox from which to offend and to be offended.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
For some, the natural conclusion of this argument is that museums and other cultural centers should be spared, invited into the conversation rather than made the soapbox for it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
In the northeast Bronx, elementary and middle school students build and race soapbox cars as part of their science curriculum.
—Bernard Mokam Gabriela Bhaskar, New York Times, 11 May 2024
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Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024
Nearly everyone — from a powerful politician all the way down to that cousin — has a soapbox from which to offend and to be offended.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
For some, the natural conclusion of this argument is that museums and other cultural centers should be spared, invited into the conversation rather than made the soapbox for it.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024
In the northeast Bronx, elementary and middle school students build and race soapbox cars as part of their science curriculum.
—Bernard Mokam Gabriela Bhaskar, New York Times, 11 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soapbox
Noun
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The platform has itself been called a cesspool, rife with hateful rhetoric and falsehoods.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2025
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Revealed exclusively to Variety, Netflix has set its worldwide on the streaming platform on Wednesday, Feb. 5, in addition to releasing the first trailer.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The forum is dominated by anonymous posts about would-be applicants complaining about waiting months to hear back from background investigators.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Workforce issues were central to insight forums around regulating AI in the last Congress, but those too did not result in changes to the system.—
Maria Curi,
Axios,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Guitarist Sophie Lloyd, who plays with Machine Gun Kelly, rehearses onstage for an upcoming performance as people rotate in and out of the venue with their donations.—
Krystie Lee Yandoli,
Rolling Stone,
20 Jan. 2025
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That venue has not been turned into n evacuation center as many other similar facilities have, so far.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Soapbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soapbox. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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