tsuris
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of tsuris
1970–75; < Yiddish tsures, tsores, plural of tsure, tsore < Hebrew ṣarā, plural ṣarōth troubles
Example Sentences
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While all of this is taking place in dreamlike fashion, there’s a lot of other mishigas and tsuris to get through.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2023
He did, after all, close his own label with very little tsuris after he landed the bigger jobs, swapping independence for the corporate superstructure of power, budgets and reach.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2021
We learn more about the tsuris with Carrie Fisher, but we are not inside that marriage: We are on the outside, getting fragments of the anecdotes better delivered in Fisher’s monologue Wishful Drinking.
From Slate • May 31, 2018
This caused a lot of tsuris among the private-school families, who were against homelessness in principle.
From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2017
Listen Daniel, I'm telling you from my heart, you want more tsuris than you already got?
From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2011
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