surcharging

present participle of surcharge
as in gouging
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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  • At least the climactic pandemonium has some of that old REC intensity; Plaza dynamically orchestrates the violence, dazzling the eyes of his audience one minute, gouging the eyes of his characters the next.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There’s no question Newsom — who had spent months excoriating refiners for gouging consumers on gasoline prices, even calling a special legislative session to impose new regulations — changed his tune after two refineries announced plans to shut down.
    Dan Walters, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • Andreas Helmersen hit the bar while Patrick Berg’s stinging effort was saved by Guglielmo Vicario.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • These pretty pink jellyfish are carnivorous and have stinging tentacles that can reach up to 70 feet long.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • California is the biggest target after the state self-reported overcharging the federal government for health care services delivered to immigrants without legal status, determined to be at least $500 million, spurring the threat of a lawsuit.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2025
  • California is the biggest target after the state self-reported overcharging the federal government for health care services delivered to immigrants without legal status, determined to be at least $500 million, spurring the threat of a lawsuit.
    Angela Hart, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • This isn’t the first time that the couple was surrounded by cheating rumors.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2025
  • She and Jon, who married in 1999, divorced in 2009, the same year as the cheating rumors.
    Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
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“Surcharging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surcharging. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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