| Yiddish laments | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 18 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Exasperated cries | Universal | 10 Oct 2025 | 
          
            | Cries of disappointment | New York Times | 27 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Shrinking Asian sea | USA Today Quick | 15 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | Yiddish laments | New York Times | 16 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Sounds of woe | Eugene Sheffer | 26 May 2025 | 
          
            | Yiddish exclamations of woe | New York Times Mini | 25 May 2025 | 
          
            | Dismayed Yiddish cries | Universal | 20 May 2025 | 
          
            | Cries of faux despair, say | New York Times | 18 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Yiddish "sheesh!"-es |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish cries | Universal | 25 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Yiddish exclamations | Universal | 20 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Yiddish cries of lament | Premier Sunday | 20 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Yiddish exclamations | New York Times | 06 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Cries of dismay | LA Times Mini | 16 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Pained cries | New York Times | 13 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Kvetchers' cries | New York Times | 23 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Cries of exasperation | New York Times | 16 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Cries of concern |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish sounds of dismay |  |  | 
          
            | Groans equivalent to eye rolls | New York Times | 12 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Sounds of woe | Eugene Sheffer | 05 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Yiddish laments | Wall Street Journal | 27 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Sounds of woe | Eugene Sheffer | 27 May 2023 | 
          
            | Sounds of woe | Eugene Sheffer | 09 May 2023 | 
          
            | Yiddish laments | New York Times | 19 Feb 2023 | 
          
            | Cries of dismay | LA Times Daily | 22 Jan 2023 | 
          
            | Cries of exasperation | New York Times | 24 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Cries of frustration | New York Times | 23 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | Noises of exasperation | LA Times Daily | 04 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Kvetching cries | LA Times Daily | 22 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Yiddish laments | Universal | 21 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Yiddish laments | LA Times Daily | 04 Jul 2022 | 
          
            | Cries of dismay | New York Times | 17 May 2022 | 
          
            | Sounds of woe | Eugene Sheffer | 29 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Sounds of woe | Eugene Sheffer | 04 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Sounds of woe | Eugene Sheffer | 14 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | Yiddish interjections | Wall Street Journal | 26 May 2021 | 
          
            | Yiddish laments | LA Times Daily | 26 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Yiddish cries | LA Times Daily | 09 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Yiddish cries | The Washington Post | 09 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Kvetching cries | Wall Street Journal | 05 Apr 2021 | 
          
            | Kvetching sounds | LA Times Daily | 24 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Kvetching sounds | The Washington Post | 24 Mar 2021 | 
          
            | Words before 'vey' and 'gevalt' | The Washington Post | 24 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Words before "vey" and "gevalt" | LA Times Daily | 24 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Yiddish exclamations | Universal | 27 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Bubbe's interjections | The New Yorker | 27 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Kvetching cries | Universal | 13 Jan 2020 | 
          
            | Cries of dismay | New York Times | 16 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Cries of dismay |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of dismay | Wall Street Journal | 29 Aug 2019 | 
          
            | Kvetchers' cries | New York Times | 16 Apr 2019 | 
          
            | Yiddish laments | Universal | 28 Mar 2019 | 
          
            | Cries of dismay |  |  | 
          
            | Shtetl shouts |  |  | 
          
            | Kvetchers' cries |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish laments |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish laments | New York Times | 25 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Exclamations of exasperation | New York Times | 21 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Jewish cries | New York Times | 18 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | Yiddish cries | New York Times | 11 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Cries of worry | LA Times Daily | 06 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Cries of worry | The Washington Post | 06 Nov 2018 | 
          
            | Kvetching chorus | The Washington Post | 24 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Kvetching chorus | LA Times Daily | 24 Mar 2018 | 
          
            | Yiddish laments |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of worry |  |  | 
          
            | Exclamations of exasperation |  |  | 
          
            | Jewish cries |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish cries |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish laments | The Washington Post | 29 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Kvetchers' cries | Wall Street Journal | 17 Oct 2017 | 
          
            | Cries of dismay | LA Times Daily | 03 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Cries of dismay | The Washington Post | 03 Sep 2017 | 
          
            | Kvetching cries | LA Times Daily | 17 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Kvetching cries | The Washington Post | 17 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Yiddish plaints | Wall Street Journal | 17 Apr 2017 | 
          
            | Cries of exasperation | Jonesin | 03 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Kvetching cries |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of dismay |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish laments |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish laments | Wall Street Journal | 17 Sep 2016 | 
          
            | Yiddish interjections | The Washington Post | 21 Jul 2016 | 
          
            | Yiddish interjections | Jonesin | 03 May 2016 | 
          
            | Cries of despair | Eugene Sheffer | 18 Dec 2015 | 
          
            | Sounds of woe | Eugene Sheffer | 11 Nov 2015 | 
          
            | Shtetl complaints | The Chronicle of Higher Education | 10 Apr 2015 | 
          
            | Sounds of woe in the shtetl |  |  | 
          
            | Shtetl complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Expressions of exasperation |  |  | 
          
            | Rabbinical interjections |  |  | 
          
            | Sounds of woe |  |  | 
          
            | Grandmotherly plaints |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of exasperation |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of despair |  |  | 
          
            | Groans of woe |  |  | 
          
            | Exclamations of tsuris |  |  | 
          
            | Exasperated exclamations |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish laments |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of woe |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of dismay |  |  | 
          
            | Verbal groans |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish cries of dismay |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish cries of dismay |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish yelps |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish exclamations |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish plaints |  |  | 
          
            | Sounds of woe |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish laments |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish exclamations |  |  | 
          
            | Jewish laments |  |  | 
          
            | Cries heard during a mishegas |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of dismay |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish yelps |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish cries |  |  | 
          
            | Certain syllables of lament |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish cries |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish yelps |  |  | 
          
            | Exclamations of dismay |  |  | 
          
            | Distressed cries |  |  | 
          
            | Kvetches' cries |  |  | 
          
            | Distressed cries |  |  | 
          
            | "Alas!" relatives |  |  | 
          
            | "Alas!" relatives |  |  | 
          
            | Exasperated exclamations |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of distress |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of dismay |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of dismay from the mishpocha |  |  | 
          
            | Words of distress |  |  | 
          
            | Distressed exclamations |  |  | 
          
            | Sounds of woe |  |  | 
          
            | Distressed exclamations |  |  | 
          
            | Sounds of tsuris |  |  | 
          
            | Sounds of woe |  |  | 
          
            | Pained cries |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish plaints |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish plaints |  |  | 
          
            | Cries from Hasidim |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish outbursts |  |  | 
          
            | Sounds of woe |  |  | 
          
            | Sounds of shock |  |  | 
          
            | Cries from Barak |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of distress |  |  | 
          
            | Sounds of woe |  |  | 
          
            | Yiddish plaints |  |  | 
          
            | Sounds of dismay |  |  | 
          
            | Shtetl complaints |  |  | 
          
            | Sounds of distress |  |  | 
          
            | Cries of mock horror |  |  | 
          
            | Exclamations of worry |  |  | 
          
            | Scot's grandchildren. |  |  | 
          
            | Grandchildren: Scot. |  |  |