soapbox
Example Sentences
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When Mr. Sand took the stage at the Iowa State Fair soapbox, he led the crowd in singing “America the Beautiful.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Most narcissists don’t set out to destroy people who love them,” he says from that frequent soapbox of online videos, the driver’s seat of a parked car.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025
The BID has hosted a soapbox derby, an autumn festival, and a "dino day", where actors dress up as dinosaurs and walk around the town to entertain children.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025
In updating the book, “we didn’t want to be preachy or stand on a soapbox, but we wanted to be fair and equitable to the different cultures we’re representing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
There was something happening in the country, in the black neighborhoods especially, that was conducive to the ascension of a brother like Marius to the corner soapbox.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
