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

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

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

Lacey is looking at the gouge in the minivan, her lips pursed.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

Crews have closed lanes 143 times in the last 5½ years, on urgent pothole-filling missions, when weekly inspections found gouges or holes in the deck, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024

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

He put each of his axes up and dragged them along the water walls, cutting long gouges that poured water in.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Memory may be the new oil, but memory investors aren’t getting gouged at the pump yet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

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

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

August says she goes into the holes life has gouged out of us.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

It comes after John Healey at the weekend vowed the government would act on any price gouging due to the Iran war.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

“Because of this, charging inflated prices on necessities is considered price gouging and profiteering against vulnerable incarcerated population who have no ability to refuse or shop elsewhere.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Fuel retailers have denied accusations of price gouging during the conflict and the regulator has said there is no evidence of widespread attempts of profiteering.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

When he heard the story, Hiatt said, “Looks like price gouging to me.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French