chump

Example Sentences

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But everyone surely found out immediately after the fact, making her look like a total chump for having just given a sweeping address as the supposed head of homeland security.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

Of course, $75 million is chump change for Amazon, which makes hundreds of billion dollars in revenue a year from both its online sales and Amazon Web Services cloud unit.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

"I’m the chump who thought social media could change the world," he told his audience at the Digital Futures Institute.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2024

Poor Henry is overmatched in every encounter, but he’s a willing chump.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2023

“Like I said, your husband was a chump in high school. You could have had better.”

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool