sour grapes
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Index fund fans counter that claims of distortion are mostly sour grapes from fund managers struggling to outperform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“There’s some sour grapes on both the Democratic and the Republican sides about the way that things ended up playing out,” Wilson said.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Was it sour grapes, then, when Jamie Dimon called out private-credit firms over the recent spate of bankruptcies hitting banks?
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
It’s starting to feel like Russia could win the gold... for sour grapes.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2024
“Ha! Can you imagine the traffic on the interstate trying to get there?” says my mom, in a sour grapes kind of way.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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