as in jerk
a person who believes that he or she has unlimited power or importance
Their CEO is a real megalomaniac who feels she can partake in any luxury with the company's profits.
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But in politics — as in life —there’s a fine line between being genuine and being a jerk.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025 -
Smoky, spicy jerk is also on the menu in the Pulled Jerk Pork & Coconut Shrimp appetizer at Eleanor’s at Sandals Grande Antigua.—
Sandals Resorts,
AFAR Media,
4 June 2025
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Simultaneously, this unhurried beachside city is one on the up, hot on the heels of being named both World Design Capital and Europe’s Green Capital in recent years.—
Elizabeth Bennett,
Vogue,
20 June 2025
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The reversal came on the heels of the State Court of Appeals ruling earlier this week that Adams’ administration could, in fact, move forward with enrolling the city’s roughly 250,000 municipal retirees in the controversial Medicare Advantage plan.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2025
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Also, this was not a good week for billionaires as a socialist Muslim won a long-shot victory in the NYC Democratic primary, partly on the promise to raise taxes among the highest income earners, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos starred in a clown show wedding in Venice.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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Ayanna Pressley, another blow-in-drifter (from Chicago), pole vaulted from the City Council clown show to the U.S. House.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
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Yet Mitchell Robinson, ever the joker, can’t make up his mind.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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Hayden Christensen as Jake Hill Conley Hayden Christensen played Jake Hill Conley, another neighborhood boy known for being a practical joker.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Megalomaniac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/megalomaniac. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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