kvell

as in to delight
to feel or express joy or triumph proud grandparents who kvell over every thing that their precious little darlings do

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Recent Examples of kvell Any fan of borscht will kvell at the idea of a beet latke. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022 Bonnie Winkelman, 62, was kvelling (gushing) over her Lhasa apso, Einstein. Alix Strauss, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017
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  • The combination of microservices with edge computing CDNs and micro frontends creates a robust application development framework that enables fast, resilient and scalable applications that delight users while driving business expansion.
    Raju Dandigam, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • The sequel has plenty of the same horror-comedy elements that delighted audiences a couple years ago, but there’s also a major action upgrade that resembles the paths that Aliens and Terminator 2: Judgment Day took from their predecessors.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
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  • The Rancho Santa Fe Women’s B Tennis Team wrapped up a stellar spring season by clinching the championship in the Tennis Competitors of San Diego league—beating out seven local teams and claiming bragging rights across the courts, according to a news release.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
  • For the better part of a week, Kamei will have bragging rights for having the largest Alamo Drafthouse in the nation in her city.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 21 June 2025

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“Kvell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kvell. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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