soapbox
/ˈsəʊpbɒks/
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American sound/ˈsəʊpbɒks/
soapbox
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soap - box -> soapbox
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- ‘In addition, the Constitution protects not only the sermons of a solitary activist, standing on a corner soapbox.’
- ‘First, these protests allowed workers to express their political views; as already noted, in this respect they might be seen as similar to the soapbox speakers and the cafeterias which lined the Square.’
- ‘Oh and does anybody have a good soapbox for me to stand on?’
- ‘He likened the Internet to Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park, London, where robust opinions can be expressed - but with the speaker using old technology called a soapbox.’
- ‘Through the use of chat rooms, any person with a phone line can become a town crier with a voice that resonates farther than it could from any soapbox.’
- ‘I could see myself standing on a soapbox or addressing my adoring subjects from a balcony.’
- ‘To the side of it stood a lonely soapbox and a microphone.’
- ‘Standing on soapboxes, handing out pamphlets, mass demonstrations - is there enough legal protection for those who want to make a political point in a public space?’
- ‘Like the soapbox speakers, the cafeterias offered working-class people places to debate and discuss a wide range of issues.’
- ‘Every couple of feet one stood on a soapbox and made angry speeches to passing picketers.’
- ‘He never questioned his own devotion to theater; an actor's actor, he would set up on a soapbox and perform for a scarce audience if the situation called for it.’
- ‘However, I'm also reminded of an analogy between blogs and old-style soapbox speakers in City parks.’
- ‘In short, this law will provide a soapbox for extremists of all types.’
- ‘They served to link isolated communities and provide a voice and soapbox for the voiceless.’
- ‘But I'll get up on my soapbox about almost anything if I hear someone else express a strong opinion about it that I don't agree with.’
- ‘To some it is the lowest form of radio, yet the phone-in show, that bizarre combo of confessional, soapbox and sounding board, is the one medium where the public ceases to be a statistic and actually finds its voice.’
- ‘So while I haven't stopped caring about designing and developing for the Web, I don't publicly stand on that particular soapbox that much anymore.’
- ‘They believe their own hype, and they have a powerful soapbox from which to promote it.’
- ‘Sometimes it gave me the chance to mount my soapbox and sound off on subjects I care passionately about, and sometimes it opened my mind to new topics and ideas that I then went on to write about.’
- ‘It definitely has a place in music, but it's not our thing to stand on a soapbox and speak out.’
Synonyms
accost, acknowledge, act as if, address, admit, affirm, allege, allocution, announce, apostrophize, assert, asseverate, attack, aver, avouch, avow, bellow, bloviate, blow hot air, blow one's top, bluster, buttonhole, carry on, certify, chalk talk, chew out, claim, clamor, come out, confess, confirm, constate, croon, cross heart, cry, dais, declaim, declamation, declare, decry, denounce, depose, desk, discourse, disquisition, dissemble, dissertation, exhort, fake, feign, fume, get off chest, get on a soapbox, get on soapbox, go on about, harangue, hold forth, homily, instruction, inveigh, lectern, lecture, lesson, maintain, make out, manifesto, mouth, objectives, objurgate, open up, orate, oration, own, own up, party line, pep talk, perorate, pile it on, pitch, plank, platform, podium, policy, political stance, predicate, pretend, principle, proclaim, program, promises, pulpit, purport, rage, rail, rant, rave, reading stand, recite, roar, rostrum, say so, scold, sermon, shout, sing, sizzle, sound off, speak, speech, spiel, spout, stage, state, storm, stump, swear on bible, swear up and down, take on, talk, talk big, talk to, tenets, vociferate, vouch, yell, yell at
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