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In 2018 and 2019, I’d been gearing up to run for mayor when the FBI targeted me in an elaborate sting operation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Bunney said to follow NHS guidance after a jellyfish sting.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

McLaren ended up with a sting across his upper lip but said it did not stop him from wanting to dive.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

AI may help people avoid the sting of social missteps, but the relief is temporary, Golden says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

There was still a hole in her heart that might never heal, but doing what Tía Beatriz would have done—helping other people—took some of the sting away from losing her.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

Schmidt, an entomologist who specialized in insect defenses, created the sting-pain index which ranks stings from a harmless 0 to an excruciating 4.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The fact that Patel has no criminal record and is not required to be on probation stings for San Mateo County Dist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

This can be caused by food, medicine or insect stings.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

Ms. Gionfriddo writes tartly funny dialogue that stings and surprises, with tangy quips and savage retorts whizzing through the air, giving a buoyancy even to scenes that occasionally stretch past their necessary length.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

He fires a throw that stings my hand.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

But I have strong suspicions you are, and if so, as the children say, "I hope that stang!"

From Time Magazine Archive

In raptures sweet, this hour we meet, Wi' mutual love an' a' that; But for how lang the flie may stang, Let inclination law that.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

At one time the schoolmaster was likened to a perched radish, and again he was "riding the stang" for his sins.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 by Various

In the Yorkshire Dialect Society's Transactions, vol. iii., part xvi., will be found a racy account, in the Beverley dialect, of the custom of "ridin' t' stang."

From Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems by Frederic William Moorman

In the olden days, the offender himself was often compelled to ride the stang.

From Bygone Punishments by William Andrews

General Motors GM 1.58%increase; up pointing triangle , stung in recent years by critical parts shortages, is setting up a $4.5 billion safety net designed to keep critical components flowing through supply-chain troubles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Though stung, physically and emotionally, Sara carries on with a trip to the Devil’s Mouth caves because her recently deceased father visited them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Bunney, who said she has been stung a lot by jellyfish, compared a mild sting to that of a nettle.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

"And of course, bees, which he said have never stung him."

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026

It stung their eyes and felt gritty in their mouths.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Symptoms included stinging eyes, head pain, lung problems and stomach ailments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

"They are not actively stinging, it is just when anything touches their tentacles as they are moving through the water, regardless of what it is."

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

His most stinging losses were arguably in cases that the court didn’t hear.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

She warned that even when washed ashore and appearing dead, their stinging cells can remain active and still cause discomfort and urged people to admire them from a distance.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

A slight breeze offered some relief from the insidious and torturous swarms of biting flies, stinging bees, and disease-spreading mosquitoes.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple