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  • past tense form of sting.
  • past participle of sting.
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stung

[stuhng] / stʌŋ /


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I just had to buy a car, which stung, but every other spare dollar goes toward stacking.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

But please do not do this if you have allergies, or are likely to get stung.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 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

Even if I dared to walk this far into The Woods alone, I wouldn’t be able to get the honeycomb like she did, not without getting stung a thousand times.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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