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surcharged

past tense of surcharge
as in stung
to charge (someone) too much for goods or services contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly

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  • An American teacher and his teenage son have been stung to death while on holiday in Laos.
    Christian Orozco, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2025
  • An American father and son died after being stung by a swarm of hornets while ziplining in Southeast Asia, local officials confirmed.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
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  • Thermal runaway, or self-heating, can occur without warning in lithium batteries as a result of various factors, including if the battery is damaged, overheated, exposed to water, overcharged or improperly packed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That same year, millions of plaintiffs filed an antitrust class action lawsuit seeking over $1 billion in damages that alleged Sutter Health overcharged customers and companies for health care bills and discouraged clients from using other lower-cost services.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • At Dia, the cage has been reconstructed in full, complete with Hsieh’s boots and his tally marks gouged into the wall.
    Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Successive hurricanes had gouged a hole in the Sunshine State, leaving several private carriers insolvent — and leaving hundreds of thousands of their customers with no choice but Citizens.
    Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • The fractures within the group, however — with some of the cast siding with Ariana Madix (who’d been cheated on), and others agreeing to film with Tom Sandoval (who had cheated) — made filming for Season 11 mostly unsustainainable.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Overall, prosecutors allege the nearly three-dozen defendants cheated unfortunate players out of at least $7 million.
    Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Surcharged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surcharged. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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