gouge
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The government says authorities have carried out raids and taken action against hoarders and black marketeers who are exploiting shortages to price gouge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
That doesn’t mean that the grocers can’t gouge shoppers.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024
Formulaic demands of the PGA Tour, where bomb and gouge to receptive greens is such a profitable pursuit, were not the qualities required last week.
From BBC • Jul. 22, 2024
Underwater footage appeared to show the plane partially afloat, with at least one wheel creating a gouge in the fragile coral.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2023
The motion asserted that “there was no debris found, there were no skid marks, scuff marks, or gouge marks, and no evidence which could support the preparation of a diagram.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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