galling
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The most galling part is how rarely they do.
From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026
This galling notion sets her on a rampage.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026
As galling as it is to lose three games on home soil, this was an experience England needed before the World Cup.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
Ocasek’s disregard of his bandmates was particularly galling to Orr, Ocasek’s partner of more than 20 years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
The other men desired me, therefore, to write to Major Byrd as an intermediary and ask that he rectify this galling practice.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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