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  • present participle of gall.
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galling

[gaw-ling] / ˈgɔ lɪŋ /


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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

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

Perhaps the most galling part of Cannon’s order, though, was that she issued it at all.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 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

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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