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  • present participle of gall.
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galling

[gaw-ling] / ˈgɔ lɪŋ /


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It can be galling that while the total at the checkout continues to rise, supermarkets are seemingly profiting.

From BBC • May 24, 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 most galling part was that in Zenica, near Sarajevo, on Tuesday, the Italians had scored first.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

For Galton, the inadequacy may have felt particularly galling because he too had been meant to become a giant.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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