schmuck
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SpaceX is so big that lots of funds would have bought SpaceX at almost any price in order not to trail the benchmark and look dumb—so-called schmuck insurance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
“If you don’t want to make a difference, why are you running? Let some other schmuck do it.”
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2025
It’s the reminder some poor schmuck had Abilene Christian, and so we owe it to that man to properly document what happened and try our best to laugh in a way that’s comforting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2024
"They called me the schmuck from Hanover," he laughs.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2023
“But after I tackled him, I was like, run, Amos, you schmuck, he’s ten times bigger than you! And I got up and started running as fast as I could!”
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
But don’t feel sorry for the schmucks Robinson plays, even when they start to cry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
Endorsing schmucks you've never met in your life and couldn't care less about and then spreading some cash around.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2021
The not-exactly-hidden subtext being, "that won't happen again, schmucks".
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2019
“And we’re the schmucks that are paying for the whole thing.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2018
They could have been any two billionaire schmucks taking an evening stroll through Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2018
