stinging

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"Stinging nettles are a come again plant. Cow parsley, sorrel too. Strangely you can pick a lot of salads now," he says.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2024

Stinging insects actively inject this poisonous cocktail into their prey or attackers with the help of a special sting apparatus.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023

Stinging nettle is a less common weed that pops up on some trails.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2023

“Declan is a very good line editor and a good close reader but I think what he has essentially as an editor is taste,” said Kevin Barry, another Stinging Fly veteran, over email.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023

When I tried To get back, I kept going to The wrong picnic Table: the families Looked like my family, With lots of kids And smoke from the hibachi Stinging everyone’s eyes.

From "Neighborhood Odes" by Gary Soto