How to Use price gouging in a Sentence

price gouging

noun

• It's driven by corporate greed and consumer price gouging.
  — CBS News, 4 Aug. 2024
• That’s partly because the state law prohibiting price gouging during an emergency provides landlords with some wiggle room.
  — Nick Grube, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2024
• At the very least, the bereaved deserve peace from price gouging.
  — Nick Rockel, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
• For example, price gouging, supply chain kinks, the war in Ukraine.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2023
• At the moment, the legal system may be the only route to address the current spate of insulin price gouging.
  — Danielle Ofri, STAT, 20 Jan. 2023
• But the state of emergency, put in place along with Kentucky's price gouging laws, will allow a more broad response to the flooding.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 19 July 2023
• Oil execs rake in profits Are the gas companies price gouging?
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 3 July 2022
• No retailers have been cited for price gouging, Tong said.
  — Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022
• Democrats have decried the price gouging by some institutions with little to show for students.
  — Michael B. Horn, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• The office's ads have covered topics such as Medicaid fraud, opioids, child abuse and price gouging.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 31 July 2022
• Food wholesalers, too, were accused of price gouging, to the point that a 1917 grand jury in Baltimore vowed to indict anyone holding on to foodstuffs to raise prices.
  — Christina Tkacik, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2022
• Kentucky last year applied its existing price gouging rules to health care staffing agencies.
  — Bram Sable-Smith, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2023
• Callers to the hearing voiced frustration with the utilities, which one ratepayer accused of price gouging.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• Some politicians even blame corporate price gouging for the inflated prices.
  — Alice Barlow, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
• Industry leaders argue that higher gas prices are the result of the immutable forces of global supply and demand—not price gouging.
  — Justin Worland, Time, 19 May 2022
• Making the flight controllers in Ukraine removes the potential supply bottleneck, and eliminates the risk of price gouging.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• Outside of issues on the primary market, to try and stop price gouging from scalpers on resale, Bryan opted to make his tickets non-transferable.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
• Price shocks have hit everything from eggs and meat to car parts, with experts pointing to corporate price gouging as a major contributor to the crisis.
  — Amelia Keyes, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024
• In Paris, for example, opposition to the games has been significant, driven in part by frustration over the traffic and price gouging that comes with the influx of fans.
  — Adam Minter, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
• Magaziner contended that inflation was driven by price gouging by big oil companies and the war in the Ukraine.
  — Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2022
• With egg prices more than doubling in the past year, calls are coming for an investigation into possible price gouging.
  — Josh Funk, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2023
• For those programs in dire straits, helmets may still be available via third-party suppliers online, but massive demand has led to price gouging.
  — Nate Weitzer, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022
• Railing against corporate greed and price gouging has been central to his campaign strategy.
  — Dustin Guastella, The New Republic, 19 June 2023
• Under the state of emergency, consumers can report price gouging to the state Attorney General.
  — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 15 Jan. 2024
• That was before Las Vegas earned its well-deserved reputation for price gouging.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
• The practice found some products at vastly inflated prices — apparent price gouging — but bought them anyway.
  — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 26 June 2023
• Biden is also pointing to corporate price gouging as a crucial driver of inflation.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 26 June 2024
• House Bill 1014 tackles price gouging for baby formula.
  — Jenny Porter Tilley, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2024
• Under the state of emergency, consumers can report price gouging to the state Attorney General's office.
  — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 15 Jan. 2024
• Serious price gouging is forcing vulnerable communities, like seniors, onto the streets.
  — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024

Last Updated: 7 Sep 2024