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Meanings of soapbox in English

Portuguese
tribuna
Catalan
podi
Spanish
podio

A platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it.

      tribuna
      Usage of soapbox in English
      1
      After that, he must move his soapbox to another clearly marked area.
      Dayworld Rebel
      2
      One hour of practice jumping off a soapbox completed without any incidents.
      My Life, My Tapes
      3
      Every soapbox apostle in the district had at one time converted him.
      A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
      4
      But while others built treehouses and soapbox racers, they built flying machines.
      The prince of frogtown
      5
      Join Spectrum's Lisa Thompson for a day at the races, soapbox style.
      Radio NZ
      6
      I know, I know, from a soapbox in Times Square, I suppose.
      The Deadly Daughters
      7
      It's what every music festival needs: a politician on a soapbox.
      The Irish Times
      8
      But before a sentence is handed down, KSM wants something else: a soapbox.
      Wired
      9
      An American boy stood nervously on a soapbox, waiting to speak.
      The new yorker
      10
      And the evangelist on the soapbox is a friend of his.
      A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
      11
      He then set the candle on the floor, backed by an up-ended soapbox.
      The Drums of Jeopardy
      12
      But her mind was off Keller and so he'd allow her the soapbox.
      A necessary evil
      13
      You can stand on a soapbox and still honour the pulpit.
      The Guardian
      14
      This was not the time to get on the feminist soapbox.
      The mango season
      15
      Were they waiting for him to get up on a soapbox?
      Police Your Planet
      16
      John Stumpf may be easing his way onto the soapbox.
      Reuters
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      Soapbox through the time