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Then it has the gall to call it a win for us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The bile ducts are small tubes that connect different organs, including the liver and gall bladder, and are part of the digestive system.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

And then he has the gall to justify his expenses by saying that we do need two cars.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025

When Johnson underwent anesthesia for a gall bladder operation, Moyers was given responsibility to decide whether then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey should take over the president’s powers in the event of a crisis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025

“Well, Sarah is fun. I’m fun,” he has the gall to say.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

What galls me is the failure to identify one of the — certainly not the only — bedrock reasons some people go through life with little or no money: mismanagement.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

“We have to make our own from anything with tannin — oak galls, acorns or black walnuts — and let it sit to dye it black.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

But as much as it galls me to admit it, these gems don't always hold up to adult scrutiny.

From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2022

Gall insects are everywhere: It is estimated that 1,000 species of gall wasps in North America are responsible for the galls on oaks alone.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

My own voice galls even me; it oppresses me like a silver fork scraped across porcelain.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Many were particularly galled about a provision in the U.S. plan that extended amnesty for actions taken by all parties during the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025

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

Still, it galled him to think of what wealth might lie beneath the waves.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

What was most galling, though, was the visitors' failure to match Leeds' bite at a raucous Elland Road.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

It all has to be at least a little galling for the English teachers and Homeric scholars who have long tried to get students to appreciate the material like they do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

Tyrion had made a practice of ignoring the sellsword's frequent insolences, but tonight he found it galling.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin