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  • When the market goes my way, you don't sit back and "qvell" a yiddish expresion meaning sit back and feel good.

    Roids On The Cabuie Martin T. Sosnoff 2006

  • Our long conversations were full of pride about John Sr. - and recognition of his rock-solid support; of admiration for elegant Donna who often put her own needs aside to support her mama; for John Jr. whom she fiercely protected and watched become a talented chef, businessman and father; and for the baby - Laura - whose medical career made her "qvell."

    Jane Harman: Gerry Never Yielded Jane Harman 2011

  • Our long conversations were full of pride about John Sr. - and recognition of his rock-solid support; of admiration for elegant Donna who often put her own needs aside to support her mama; for John Jr. whom she fiercely protected and watched become a talented chef, businessman and father; and for the baby - Laura - whose medical career made her "qvell."

    Jane Harman: Gerry Never Yielded Jane Harman 2011

  • My heart would qvell every time I saw our handsome Soldiers and our beautiful girls in uniform.

    Aish Weekly Articles 2009

  • I have to say it’s stories like this that make a native Angelena positively qvell.

    Disorder in the courts Bas Bleu 2010

  • I have to say it’s stories like this that make a native Angelena positively qvell.

    Archive 2010-01-31 Bas Bleu 2010

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