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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

He had a procedure which resulted in the removal of part of his pancreas, the duodenum, the gall bladder and part of his liver.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025

Yet the group’s website has the gall to show both their photos, along with the phrase “Great minds think alike.”

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2024

But it wouldn't come up, only a bitter spurt of gall filled my mouth and splattered the old folk's possessions.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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

Another dogwood leaf may be in service to a different insect altogether: the gall midge, Parallelodiplosis subtruncata, a mosquito-like fly that makes blister galls.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022

To wear a false name galls me, but nothing else would save me, or get me dear across the width of Orgoreyn to the coast of the Western Sea.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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

But Stone, like others, has been galled by the way the recall has played out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2022

One Delaware merchant particularly galled him: August Carter.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Griffith said she had found the review "quite emotional to read" and described it as "galling".

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

NATO’s European members have frequently found this galling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 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

The knowledge was more galling than the bare fact of his abduction.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin