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schmuck

[shmuhk] / ʃmʌk /


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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

"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

I feel like a schmuck for financing her and her kids.

From Slate Jan. 6, 2023

He promised me he would be there, that schmuck.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Up to this point, Judge’s filmography was exceedingly kind, willing to dig deeper and find humanity in an entire universe of schmucks and mediocrities.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

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

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




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