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Other objects seized in the police sting included satellite phones, GPS devices, encrypted communication tools and satellite dishes.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026

In 2018 and 2019, I’d been gearing up to run for mayor when the FBI targeted me in an elaborate sting operation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Bunney said most jellyfish have stinging cells but the severity and detectability of the sting varies widely between species.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Unlike bees or wasps, which sting as a defence mechanism to protect themselves, a jellyfish sting is an automatic reflex, not a deliberate attack.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

I try not to let the brain damage comment sting.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty

Schmidt, an entomologist who specialized in insect defenses, created the sting-pain index which ranks stings from a harmless 0 to an excruciating 4.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

The whole business was entirely in keeping with the season, the twists and turns and stings in the tail.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

It still stings, more than 30 years later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

They are still out there with their twenty-three stings every five seconds.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Neer a bit," said Steenie, laughing; "he has braw broad shouthers, and I just took measure o' them wi' the stang.

From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott

The shorter pipe-fish, stang, or sting, Sygnathus acus.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

The stang was ridden at the ancient town of Hedon, 18th, 19th, and 20th February, 1889.

From Bygone Punishments by William Andrews

The stang is of Saxon origin, and is practised in Lancashire, Cumberland, and Westmoreland, for the purpose of exposing a kind of gyneocracy, or, the wife wearing the galligaskins.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 353, January 24, 1829 by Various

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

He and his wife left the town for Bordeaux on Saturday, but found that in the city "the air was acrid - it stung your eyes and people were wearing masks".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Some stung by the higher cost of living have had to make other plans, of course.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

I frowned and looked out the window, stung by the use of my full name.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Jellyfish tentacles are lined with thousands of venom-filled stinging cells.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The pain of the semi-final loss to Argentina has been exacerbated by the stinging criticism he has faced from supporters, pundits and journalists over England's defensive retreat in the closing stages.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

His most stinging losses were arguably in cases that the court didn’t hear.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

But “if you start to feel irritation, or your eyes are stinging or watering, or your nose is beginning to run or feel irritated, that’s a little more serious.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

The Cold Bloods had been chasing us for what seemed like forever through the woods, but we lost them in the stinging nettles field.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth