Sentence:  If we take Scaramucci's 10-day figure to be the standard of measurement — one “<WSD>mooch</WSD>” — then Pruitt survived an amazing 50.3 <WSD>mooches</WSD>, even while enduring more than a dozen scandals, any one of which would have doomed a lesser man. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A unit of time comprising ten days, used to measure how long someone holds a job.