galling
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And that’s not even the most galling part.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
To the U.A.E., this was especially galling because several OPEC+ states were routinely falling short of their production targets.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
The most galling part is how rarely they do.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
"He was the type of person you enjoyed being around and the notion that this helpful, smiling joking guy was being labelled a terrorist? It's galling," he said.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
It must indeed have been most galling for him to be so addressed by one such as I. 'Miss Kenton, it is dear from your tone you simply have not observed my father.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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