pride and joy
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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
It imagines a queer life for William and Kate’s pride and joy as this young royal defiantly and decadently comes of age.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
You can take pride and joy in creating a home together, now that your remaining children have left or are about to leave the home.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025
"To my daughter, you are my pride and joy", the prime minister wrote in an Instagram post, adding that he does his job for her generation.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2025
The property, which had once seemed to him like paradise and had been his pride and joy, was now a nuisance.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
