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[sting] / stɪŋ /


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I knew Sting back in the days when I called him Gordon.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

The following year it was sneaky Canadian Shania Twain and a sus character from England referred to only as Sting.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Those include the Pro Bowl Games, a Super Bowl innovation summit, an NFL awards show and a raft of concerts by superstars including Sting, Post Malone, The Killers, Benson Boone and Green Day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Sting has paid his former bandmates in The Police more than half a million pounds after acknowledging underpaying royalties, court documents show.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Glamdring shone with a pale light, and Sting glinted at the edges.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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