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as in stung
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services
I think that store may have overcharged us for the shoes, which were supposed to be on sale
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as in overloaded
to fill or load to excess
overcharged his thesis with long, fancy words
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Recent Examples of overcharged
What follows is less about whether you are being overcharged and more about who, exactly, is deciding your number.
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Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
The risk comes when a battery is crushed, overcharged or overheated.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
The tenants estimated that they were overcharged by $50,000 to $100,000.
—Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
The jury found that fans were overcharged for tickets as a direct result of this monopoly, paying higher fees for their tickets.
—Letitia James, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
On Wednesday, a New York federal jury found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally operated as a monopoly and overcharged fans.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
If consumers were to get overcharged, the measure would require insurance companies to issue a rebate.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
The jury did find that Ticketmaster overcharged customers by a little less than $2, which … looking at my bank account doesn’t exactly seem quite right, but that’s probably an average.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
These changes come as airlines around the world are tightening rules on devices that use lithium-ion batteries, which can catch fire if damaged, overheated, exposed to water, or overcharged.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
The risk comes when a battery is crushed, overcharged or overheated.
—ABC News, 3 June 2026
The tenants estimated that they were overcharged by $50,000 to $100,000.
—Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2026
The jury found that fans were overcharged for tickets as a direct result of this monopoly, paying higher fees for their tickets.
—Letitia James, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
On Wednesday, a New York federal jury found that Live Nation and Ticketmaster illegally operated as a monopoly and overcharged fans.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
If consumers were to get overcharged, the measure would require insurance companies to issue a rebate.
—Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
The jury did find that Ticketmaster overcharged customers by a little less than $2, which … looking at my bank account doesn’t exactly seem quite right, but that’s probably an average.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2026
These changes come as airlines around the world are tightening rules on devices that use lithium-ion batteries, which can catch fire if damaged, overheated, exposed to water, or overcharged.
—Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overcharged
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While the driver was unharmed, per the station, CBS affiliate KFDM-TV in Beaumont said its photographer was stung once while at the scene, according to KBTX.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
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Drivers stung by high gas prices have enjoyed some welcome relief over recent weeks, however, even as the impact of the Iran war continues to choke off oil supply.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Be Ruthless About Clutter No design trick can compete with a room that's overloaded with stuff, says Taylor.—
Natasha Bazika,
Martha Stewart,
19 June 2026
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If the wash is too short, too cold, or overloaded, oils and odors remain in the fabric.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
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The bullets shattered nine panes of glass, their wooden framework gouged by bullet fragments.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 May 2026
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Nobody likes being price gouged, whether at the gas pump, ticket purchase, or a rideshare.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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After failing to score with the bases loaded in the third, the Angels pulled away with four runs in the sixth.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
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The threat to state insurance supervision is therefore loaded but not fired, and anyone telling you the states have already lost, or already won, is getting ahead of the facts.—
Dara-Abasi Ita,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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Domestic flights will also get surcharged.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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But those customs brokers are overburdened now with such requests, and many have told their clients to create their own accounts and pursue the refunds themselves.—
Kate Nishimura,
Footwear News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Already, the department is overburdened, leaving the responsibility for handling many attacks by wolves and other predators to local law enforcement, said David Bess, a retired chief of CDFW’s enforcement division.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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The fans were cheated Sunday out of a chance to see an interesting pitching matchup between Shota Imanaga and Dylan Cease, the former Cubs farmhand and former White Sox pitcher.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
21 June 2026
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Looking the other way A 2020 study of 840 undergraduate college students found that 32% of them had cheated in some way on an exam.—
Austin Sarat,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
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Pelé, Brazil’s greatest soccer hero, learned the game with a ball that his father made out of a sock stuffed with rags.—
Michael Sandler,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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It can be used as a super-soft full-sized blanket, or as a travel pillow when stuffed back into its carrying case.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
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