galling
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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
What is especially galling, some victims said, is that their compensation for years of fighting for justice will boil down to a day’s pay for a Purdue attorney like Huebner, who charges $2,935 an hour.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
The most galling part was that in Zenica, near Sarajevo, on Tuesday, the Italians had scored first.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
It has been particularly galling, Williamson said, because "confidence was starting to build a little bit" in the sector.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
The obstacle was galling; physicists could peer over the wall at a murky landscape on the far side, shrouded seductively in mist.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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