galling
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Perhaps the most galling part of Cannon’s order, though, was that she issued it at all.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 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’s particularly galling to schools hovering on the line between good and great, because a program no longer needs to be great to get a shot at the national championship.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
The knowledge was more galling than the bare fact of his abduction.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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