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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

Was Kiritsis a narcissistic madman or a schmuck who’d put too much trust in the American ideals of hard work and fair treatment?

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 8, 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

Now I was Percy Jackson, the poor schmuck with the ugly monster for a brother.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

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

In their places stood Jerry Seinfeld, Seth Rogen, and Adam Sandler, who were deep trenches of playing schmucks and schlubs.

From Salon Oct. 29, 2021

“And we’re the schmucks that are paying for the whole thing.”

From Washington Post Jul. 9, 2018

“We’re the schmucks that are paying for the whole thing,” he said.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2018

Jonah Hill and Miles Teller play a couple of schmucks who manage to make big bucks in the international arms trade in the fact-based 2016 dark comedy "War Dogs."

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2017




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