sycophant

Its viral Super Bowl commercials targeted ChatGPT’s introduction of chatbot ads, which at some point merged with a more organic Instagram and TikTok movement about how ChatGPT was a sycophant.

From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2026

“A sycophant with no combat experience has to tell Xi what Xi wants to hear,” wrote Drew Thompson, a former Pentagon official who met Zhang when he visited the U.S. in 2012.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

Peeking over her shoulder at her notes, he tuts, “Doesn’t sycophant have an ‘o’?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025

Then, referring to the man who has replaced him as premier, he adds "not like Li Qiang", who he describes as a sycophant.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2023

Jackie was no sycophant or whipping boy, as he’s been described by other writers.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The new boss will want to make a mark—almost any mark will do—to intimidate top performers and encourage sycophants.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

The group of sycophants tell a tale: Leaders attract the personalities and people who mirror their character and satisfy their needs.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

Among Jay’s core group of sycophants and servants are the dependable Laura Dern as his publicist and Adam Sandler as his dutiful manager, Ron.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

And while at first Oliver rules over a pack of sycophants, the power shifts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025

Shusgis talked and talked to me and to the many employees, aides, and sycophants who sat down at his table nightly; I had never known him so longwinded, so relentlessly jovial.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin