galled
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What galled her most: the bruin stole her favorite biscotti.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Still, the 32-hour workweek has galled some taxpayers, said Royce Meyerott, a resident active in local debates.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2024
All these decades later, a wide swath of the public today continues to be baffled and occasionally galled by Pollock, just as it didn’t get Serra for years.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
He was galled that he was being asked to reconnect with a psychiatrist, saying that he would not have needed to do so if Keck had not dragged its feet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
Truth be told, I wasn’t really hungry anymore, but it galled me to be pulled away from a meal after all the times I’d been hungry in Tarbean.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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