gouge

And this week, even if bombed drives missed wide fairways, the belief was that players would be able to gouge wedges out of the thick rough onto greens and lead to a putt-off.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

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

Pressing her body down for leverage, she scraped the wood with a gouge, removing layers, her hands steady and firm.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

Mom and Lori admired the wide-planked floorboards, the big fireplaces, and the ceiling beams made from locust posts, with gouge marks from the ax that had felled them.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

While carvers in other areas long ago turned to mechanical cutters and polishers, the craftsmen here use only hammers, mallets and a variety of chisels and gouges.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

Small gouges from the brick and broken glass are still visible on the windowsill.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 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

After the event, officials noted that the memorial itself — then 98 years old — had sustained scratches and gouges in its pink marble floor, according to a final memorandum.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2022

His face was covered with old poison burns, gouges, and scar tissue, so it looked like the surface of an asteroid.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

Researchers found distinctive scratch marks left by the drifting icebergs as they gouged deep tracks into the North Sea floor more than 18,000 years ago.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025

He was scathingly critical of the small hole that had been gouged into the side of the ditch, roundly cursing any creature who dared to complain of difficult obstacles.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Apple is crying foul, arguing that Micron’s gross profit margins, now surpassing 80%, are evidence of price gouging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026

The industry has denied price gouging, arguing it was a classic case of supply and demand, where limited supply and high demand lead to higher prices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

“The state has the tools in place to not only block price gouging during this emergency, but also to prosecute bad actors.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

Nevertheless, many believed the situation was an excuse to engage price gouging.

From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026

He could not help noticing that Dick, busy gouging under his fingernails with a fork prong, was uninterested in his dream.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote