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galling

[gaw-ling] / ˈgɔ lɪŋ /


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NATO’s European members have frequently found this galling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

All of that must have been galling to O'Neill.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

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

But there remained one particularly galling fact of life.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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