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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

“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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