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
"They called me the schmuck from Hanover," he laughs.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2023
"He turned out to be the biggest schmuck I've ever met," she said.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2023
“What if I make a schmuck out of myself? What if I forget the words to my song?”
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
“If you are Richie Weeks, you think to yourself, ‘Who are these schmucks?
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
I didn’t know Matt and I would end up the last schmucks left in our hometown, seemingly the only people shaking our heads at the advent of a $6 cup of joe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
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
