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A potentially historic El Niño weather pattern may take some sting out of winter utility bills.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 10, 2026

A sting by the News of the World newspaper paid a middleman - cricket agent Mazhar Majeed - for details of three no-balls.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

It took the sting off the loss — as did the Atlanta Braves’ loss to the Cincinnati Reds, a result that secured a first-round bye for the Dodgers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Primetime” reconsiders the early 2000s NBC hit about sting operations targeting adults pursuing minors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

As a gay activist once put it, “Only by fully embracing the stigma itself can one neutralize the sting and make it laughable.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

“But it still stings, knowing how much those were.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

It may not be as bad as bailing on the Bambino, but losing Betts still stings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026

"I should know how the dog bites, how the bee stings!"

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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

From Time Magazine Archive

O. N. a in originally close syllable > æ, written a: anger, hansell, apert, ban, blabber, slak, cast, chaff, dash, dram, bang, fang, stang, lack, etc.

From Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch by George Tobias Flom

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

From Bygone Punishments by William Andrews

But for how lang the flie may stang, Let inclination law that.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

My curse upon your venom'd stang, That shoots my tortur'd gums alang, An' thro' my lug gies mony a twang, Wi' gnawing vengeance, Tearing my nerves wi' bitter pang, Like racking engines!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

"Your biggest problem is if you swim into them. You don't want to get stung by a lion's mane."

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

At the same time, oil majors lack confidence that the political and legal frameworks are in place to protect their investment after being stung in the country previously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

The words stung, and Koffi was suddenly glad Jabir wasn’t nearby to hear this conversation.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

Terry Strada, whose husband Tom Strada died in the Twin Towers, unleashed a stinging attack on Riyadh, accusing it of complicity in the attacks, and denouncing former presidents who were in attendance.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

Mathys Tel: Saw one stinging effort well-saved, but also frustrated the crowd by giving the ball away.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Shazeer’s departure is especially stinging because Google parent Alphabet spent billions of dollars bringing him back to the company only two years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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

Well, he probably could have, but perhaps not in the way he wanted, and in that case the defeat would have been even more stinging.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson