sting

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Which along with a career’s worth of ill will puts the sting in “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He has seen prior plant expansions stung by yearslong slumps in demand for construction and mining equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some pharmacies can produce the drug in-house, known as compounding, but the consistency varies and the acidity causes eyes to sting.

From The Wall Street Journal

Greenberg said Cricket Australia would undertake an end-of-season review of the management of Test wickets, conceding that the financial deficits "sting".

From Barron's

Within GM, Anderson’s arrival was cheered by many employees involved in the automaker’s self-driving technology, still stinging from GM’s move last year to end the Cruise program.

From The Wall Street Journal