Gouging in a sentence

A national ban would complement states’ anti-price gouging measures and also allow states and the federal government to work together to stop illegal price gouging in national supply chains.

According to U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, fully 54% of our current inflation is actually the result of corporate price-gouging of the American consumer.

All corruption and price gouging deserves to be investigated and punished, of course — especially in a country where each stolen dollar weakens the war effort.

Anticompetitive market structures and practices, as well as price gouging and other anti-consumer practices, in food, retail, meat and poultry processing, and other agriculture industries.

Both areas' verdant hills are pockmarked with conspicuous excavations; Mordoğan's marble quarries gouging a pinky scar in the crag, correlating with the Island's white chalk pits.

Both feature a protagonist gradually losing their grip on reality, both contain the haunting image of a body hidden in the walls, and both revolve around the deep dislike and eye-gouging of a cat called Pluto.

Governor Jay Inslee insists that high gas prices are due to price gouging by oil companies, a surprising statement from a climate champion who refuses to acknowledge that carbon pricing is supposed to raise gas prices.

He explained, “There’s a provision in law against price gouging.

In May 2016, a bat-wielding man brutally attacked him, including gouging his eyes “to the point that blood was streaming from (his) eye sockets,” a police report said.

Mann suggested U.S. carriers may have learned from a 2015 derailment on an Amtrak train from Washington to New York that drove up airfares due to higher demand, generating accusations of price gouging.

Oil companies have for years shrugged off allegations of price gouging in California, where prices can run as much a dollar higher than other states, arguing that environmental regulations and higher taxes are what drive up the price in the Golden State.

Parliamentary report recommends windfall tax on grocers if Competition Bureau finds price-gouging proofcbc.

Price gouging by many larger companies.

Protecting consumers from fake tickets, price gouging, and other deceptive practices, while also focusing on transparency in ticket pricing are among key elements of the Fix the Tix plans.

Social media users were outraged, with many accusing the cafe of price 'gouging' labelling it 'absolutely outrageous'.

That’s before we even mention the price gouging going on by the large retailers of basic items like bread and milk.

The BCA’s President, Johnston Au, explained that while the association is not in support of price gouging, there is little his members can do to keep everyday prices from increasing.

The officer goes in and if the person is caught violating the regulations then that person is given a ticket per let’s say for every commodity that they found to be gouging it’s a ticket you know so it’s on an individual basis.

The question of price-gouging has been leveled at airlines, with some accusing them of trying to offset the huge losses they suffered during the pandemic by overcharging now.

The specs and hype led to a situation where the trucks were impossible to get hold of and Ford even had to threaten dealers who were price gouging and even selling their demonstration models for a huge profit.