gall
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Then it has the gall to call it a win for us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
They can range from nausea through to hair loss to more serious and rare complications like kidney issues and gall stones.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
And then he has the gall to justify his expenses by saying that we do need two cars.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
Yet the group’s website has the gall to show both their photos, along with the phrase “Great minds think alike.”
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2024
“This is gall, and it will kill me.”
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
“We have to make our own from anything with tannin — oak galls, acorns or black walnuts — and let it sit to dye it black.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026
But as much as it galls me to admit it, these gems don't always hold up to adult scrutiny.
From Salon ● Nov. 29, 2022
Eiseman was familiar with galls long before writing his first book, particularly the common ones referred to as “oak apples,” for their large size and roughly spherical shape.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
One common symptom is hyperplasia, the abnormal proliferation of cells that causes the appearance of plant tumors known as galls.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
“It still galls me that you, the least of your pathetic little band of rebels, would be the one to capture me,” she continued.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Many were particularly galled about a provision in the U.S. plan that extended amnesty for actions taken by all parties during the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
All these decades later, a wide swath of the public today continues to be baffled and occasionally galled by Pollock, just as it didn’t get Serra for years.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
His new coach with the Clippers, Tyronn Lue, called it a performance that left him “intrigued by what I saw” — and just as galled by what he didn’t.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
The block on calls using the popular WhatsApp, FaceTime and Skype applications has particularly galled UAE residents who were separated from families and friends by restrictions during the pandemic.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2021
Her name was April Hall, but she often galled herself April Dawn.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
For rail passengers, it can be galling to hear or read that your train has been delayed, putting your journey, your day, back into a land of uncertainty.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 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
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
“Almost as galling as being discovered in the midst of an embrace.”
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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