gouge

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

South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus admitted "the optics weren't great" after legendary lock Eben Etzebeth was sent off for an eye gouge against Wales.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

That doesn’t mean that the grocers can’t gouge shoppers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 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

You gouge away the big chunk that’s not supposed to be there and then dig some clay out of the very middle of the face.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

There are still gouges in the carriage house from the carriages that were kept there, according to a former owner, Amy Pressler.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023

As Earth’s climate has warmed, glaciers have rapidly melted in high mountain ranges across the globe, and the resulting water accumulates in unstable gouges cut by the glaciers as they retreat.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 8, 2023

In some instances, it drizzles down the canvas in rivulets; in others it amasses in thick crusts into which Bradley gouges with a stick or a rake.

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022

And what, exactly, had left such deep gouges in the hind leg of a trapped bobcat?

From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2022

We had flown the little spacecraft beyond its physical capabilities, zipped past jagged mountains and over the gouges and tears of primordial bombardment, admired all the moon’s craters, its mares, and its mountains.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

She touted the low transport costs for spectators, the free fan festival and "that you're not going to be price gouged when it comes to hotels" as making Philadelphia the best value US venue.

From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026

LUMEZI, Zambia—Three-year-old Dickson Ngwira was deep into his afternoon nap when half a dozen elephants, using trunks as trowels, gouged a five-foot-wide hole in the brick wall near his bed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

Replacing the gouged front bumper was a $1,100 job and Mandell would’ve paid the first $500.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025

Someone had gouged out the two S’s in a Cesar Chavez quote about “drawing the goodne...” out of students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

Wagons had gouged chasms across paths, roads, and would-be lawns.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The prime minister's office asked the public to avoid panic-buying and warned that price gouging was a criminal offence.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Some viewers used screenshots of the offer to accuse JapanLA of gouging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

In March 2025, he signed an executive order aimed at ending ticket-price gouging and called for stronger consumer protections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The Competition and Markets Authority said in May there was no widespread evidence of price gouging in the weeks after the conflict.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

Carefully, with the tip of his tongue between his teeth, he was gouging his name in the wood of the dresser with his knife.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke