- present participle of sting.
stinging
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“This has the appearance, but not the reality, of common sense,” wrote Cliff Asness of quant firm AQR in a stinging takedown.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
For several days this summer the Albanian city of Elbasan choked in a dense cloud of stinging smoke coming from the direction of its notorious steelworks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Mathys Tel: Saw one stinging effort well-saved, but also frustrated the crowd by giving the ball away.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
However, nearly all of that pattern can be traced to one particular group: the aculeate Hymenoptera, which includes stinging wasps, bees and ants.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
They sailed through the air as the river churned and wailed below them, splashing Annabeth’s bare ankles with stinging brine.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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