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Gandalf can produce spells and effects that would probably knock the fear of Eru into Gollum for a good while.
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Actually, that's exactly what Gandalf eventually did the only time that he met Gollum.
If Gandalf had still been with Frodo, that experience might have caused Gollum to be more cautious to avoid encountering that nassty wizard again.
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there was far too much risk that Gandalf would have heard of Torech Ungol and refused to let them go near the place, thus forcing Gollum to think of another plan.
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That is very true. But did Gollum know of another way in? We wondersss, my precioussss, yes, we wondersss...