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tsu·ris | \ ˈtsü-ris 
, ˈtsu̇r-is \
, ˈtsu̇r-is \variants:
or less commonly tsouris or tsoris \ ˈtsȯr-is \
\Examples of tsuris in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web The plummeting price of natural gas wasn’t worth this tsuris.
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Robert Wilonsky, Dallas News, "That fracking $30-million lawsuit pitting Dallas against gas-driller Trinity East finally goes to trial," 28 Jan. 2020 There’s a lot of tsuris all over the place over the fact that Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar will be putting on a show-pony debate next week on CNN with the Clueless Twins, Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, on the subject of healthcare.
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Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Bernie Sanders Just Gave His Best Speech in 2 Years," 22 Sep. 2017 From time to time, this causes tsuris for the Orthodox, who prefer religious law, which is that Judaism is traced only through the mother’s side.
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Michael Powell, New York Times, "Good Bat? Cannon Arm? Jewish? Sign Him Up!," 21 Sep. 2016
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The first known use of tsuris was in 1901
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