gouged

past tense of gouge
as in stung
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services since I had forgotten the sunscreen, I was forced to buy it from the concession stand at the beach—where they gouged me for it

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Recent Examples of gouged But a low spot in the ocean, a channel gouged down into the sand on the ocean surface, or a break in a sandbar, can disrupt that flow and push water through the spot to create a current much more powerful than the surrounding flow. Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025 The greedy people will get theirs when people get fed up with being gouged at every turn. Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
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  • Sherry recalls one instance that stung in particular, when a friend pointed out his hair loss at a social gathering.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • None stung more than the second inning, when Freddie Freeman led off with a single against Pirates rookie Braxton Ashcraft.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Passed over to his hapless son (Dacre Montgomery), our (anti-)hero wires a shotgun to his head and takes him hostage, claiming that the organization’s business maneuvers cheated him out of a substantial fortune.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The woman lives alone, AFP added, citing local media outlets, and was ultimately cheated out of approximately 1 million yen, or about $6,700.
    Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • Flat-rate pricing leads to value misalignment, high-usage customers feel undercharged, and low-usage customers feel overcharged.
    Chris Kent, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The sale was made by an international brokerage firm, owned by Boulos’ cousin, which overcharged the seemingly business savvy Kushner by millions of dollars and worked to conceal the true price.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2025
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  • That event was booze-soaked; Zachary is now many years sober.
    Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The sod is reset and soaked thoroughly.
    Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Gouged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gouged. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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