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
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
By 160 million years ago, lampreys were larger than ever before, actively swimming after fish to gouge out flesh from their prey like living ice cream scoops.
From National Geographic • Oct. 31, 2023
Undertakers charged the Osage exorbitant rates for a funeral, trying to gouge them, and this was no exception.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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