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
And on the sublime Mariners Apartment Complex, she even addresses the people - critics, boyfriends, record-industry bigwigs - who "mistook my kindness for weakness", the not-exactly-hidden subtext being: "That won't happen again, schmucks."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
“If you are Richie Weeks, you think to yourself, ‘Who are these schmucks?
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
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
“And we’re the schmucks that are paying for the whole thing.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2018
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