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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  • Jackson had been delighted by the number of young people who had turned out, a perennial goal for august cultural institutions.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 July 2025
  • Thus far, the administration has managed to fend off initial court challenges, maintain arrests at a steady clip, and generate images of a ruthless crackdown in a liberal bastion that delight the president’s supporters.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
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  • Earlier this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent a memo bragging about hiring 11 AI experts from companies such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google's DeepMind.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 4 July 2025
  • With so much focus on education and woes in this country, Detroit Cristo Rey has a different narrative, one worth bragging about as all 74 seniors graduating on June 6 have been accepted to colleges ranging from Harvard, University of Michigan, Michigan State, Georgia Tech, Wayne State and Madonna.
    Carol Cain, Freep.com, 3 July 2025

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“Kvell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kvell. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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