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the couple's loud quarrel had the building's yentas yapping for a week
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The Survivors’ name alone is offensive for the yentas.
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Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
Abzug is the pushy yenta of the Senate, a pragmatist willing to make concessions to secure male allies.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2020
This Tinder-esque development allows users to create separate profiles to pursue romantic connections, with Facebook acting as an algorithmic yenta.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 1 May 2018
Meanwhile, amidst adapting to their new status, Mrs. Jha overcomes her Gurgaon disorientation long enough to play yenta for her closest Mayur Palli friend, a too-young widow, and Mr. Chopra’s older brother.
—Terry Hong, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2017
Listening to her must have given him a thrill: Here was one very big-time yenta whispering advice and encouragement into the wide-open ear of a less important one.
—Richard Sandomir, SI.com, 21 June 2017
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Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
Abzug is the pushy yenta of the Senate, a pragmatist willing to make concessions to secure male allies.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2020
This Tinder-esque development allows users to create separate profiles to pursue romantic connections, with Facebook acting as an algorithmic yenta.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 1 May 2018
Meanwhile, amidst adapting to their new status, Mrs. Jha overcomes her Gurgaon disorientation long enough to play yenta for her closest Mayur Palli friend, a too-young widow, and Mr. Chopra’s older brother.
—Terry Hong, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2017
Listening to her must have given him a thrill: Here was one very big-time yenta whispering advice and encouragement into the wide-open ear of a less important one.
—Richard Sandomir, SI.com, 21 June 2017
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“Yenta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yenta. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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