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Tuesday’s gains take some of the sting out of a difficult October.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026

“It did sting, I’m not going to kid you,” Nantz said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

It also will sting in the long-running Coke-Pepsi rivalry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"My eyes have started to sting because of the dust from the burned debris flying around in the smoke," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Little bunny knows everything about everything,” Ayanna said with a roll of her eyes, but she smiled at Chestnutt to take the sting out of her words.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

While most people may be aware of nut allergies or the risk of shock from insect stings, other common foods can also pose a risk to some people.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The rap sheet, consisting of Mr. Talarico’s own words, still stings after many repetitions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

More than 3,200 people die every year from scorpion stings globally, according to figures cited in the report.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Pepsi gets only a small part of its sales from KFC, but the loss still stings.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The calmer Jinny was, the less the stings would hurt.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

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

From Time Magazine Archive

What, stang, stang-wut; what is that? stang ti-á? what are you doing? stang nis-chai?

From Alphabetical Vocabularies of the Clallum and Lummi by George Gibbs

There is believed to have been no example of riding the stang in Cumberland or Westmorland during the last half century.

From Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland by Daniel Scott

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

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells

A blessing on the cheery gang Wha dearly like a jig or sang, An' never think o' right an' wrang By square an' rule, But, as the clegs o' feeling stang, Are wise or fool.

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Playing only a bit-part role in Spain's triumphant 2023 World Cup campaign would have stung.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

All of a sudden, Bass was a staggering champion lunging at a revived Raman, who swung and stung and ducked the way only a hungry up-and-comer can.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Druckenmiller said he wasn’t ashamed of using AI—but was a little stung by the reaction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The ticket man's face twitches like he's been stung.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

His bigotry has prompted condemnation on the left and right, including a stinging rebuke on these pages from Karl Rove.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

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

His hand rests on his heart as he evangelizes her writing — a surprisingly tender moment of sentimentality from a comedian who has made a career out of stinging misanthropy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Leaves fell around them in flurries, stinging and smarting when they touched Tristran's skin, cutting and slicing at his clothes.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman