We gouge out tunnels in the sleeping fields.

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That is, that Sprint will be able to gouge more profits out of its customers without the deal than with it.

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Just stop looking for new things to do and just gouge as much profit as possible out of the decline over the decades of those two hit products.

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And what may be a small piece out of a large company's reputation can be a gaping gouge in a small business.

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