pride and joy
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It could engender pride and joy at your stealthy maneuvers, indifference, resentment or using the friendship as collateral for a loan.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
The almost-daily barrages, paired with the cold snap, have put lives at risk and created an unprecedented threat for Ivannikov's pride and joy: a collection of almost 4,000 species.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
But this baby plot is the pride and joy of the tight-knit group of green thumbers who tend to it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
"Even if we don't win, you're still part of something bigger... that's something that we can all take pride and joy in."
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
But her pride and joy was one of those huge dictionaries with every word in the universe in it, the kind of book it takes two kids to carry.
From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
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