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as in to pluck
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
swindlers who sting unwary tourists by posing as officials demanding money
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as in scam
an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
the pawn shop operation turned out to be a sting by undercover police officers to catch the ring of burglars
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as in tingle
a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body
the sting of cold air against my face
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Recent Examples of sting
Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
And while the words may sting, our forefathers would surely agree that the First Amendment exists precisely to protect even the harshest political speech.
—Letters To The Editor, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere in the doc, Walt Weiss, a former detective for the Murphy Police Department who participated in the Conradt sting, shares his remorse over the situation.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Congressional Democrats feel stung by the mass layoffs and program cuts that followed the last stopgap spending deal in March.
—Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
And while the words may sting, our forefathers would surely agree that the First Amendment exists precisely to protect even the harshest political speech.
—Letters To The Editor, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
Of course, those increases will ultimately be identified when inflation reporting resumes, but by then consumers will have already felt the sting and adjusted their inflation perceptions accordingly.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
Elsewhere in the doc, Walt Weiss, a former detective for the Murphy Police Department who participated in the Conradt sting, shares his remorse over the situation.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sting
Verb
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At least the climactic pandemonium has some of that old REC intensity; Plaza dynamically orchestrates the violence, dazzling the eyes of his audience one minute, gouging the eyes of his characters the next.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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Ella’s son is now 7 and sometimes traipses downstairs to gouge his grandparents’ cereal collection.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Sofia Coppola’s cult-favorite (if historically murky-at-best) 2006 film Marie Antoinette plucked the queen from history-book pages and pasted her on contemporary mood boards.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
2 Oct. 2025
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Simply plucking young stars from viewers’ social-media feeds won’t radically alter or refresh SNL.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Instead, hang up, report the number and details of the scam to the sheriff's office or local police.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Data from the commission show from 2020 to 2023, consumers lost more than $110 million in scams involving Bitcoin ATMs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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More viscous than your average face mist, the milky formula is laced with ceramides and lipids to relieve tight, thirsty skin and refresh dull, dry-looking makeup without so much as a flush or a tingle.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The sight sends a paralytic tingle of alarm through her.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The scandal exposed how some wealthy families cheated and bribed to secure spots for their children at elite universities, sparking nationwide outrage over denied opportunities for more deserving students.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t the first time that the couple was surrounded by cheating rumors.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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These 515 V3s, along with other New Balance sneakers, offer a wide, roomy toe box, ensuring that my toes aren’t squeezed together and out of alignment.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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The shoes fold in half, becoming compact enough to fit in your personal item or squeeze into a corner of your carry-on.—
Jasmine Gomez,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The law lowers daily transaction minimums, increases warnings on the kiosks, requires transaction receipts and requires Bitcoin ATM operators to issue refunds to victims of fraud, the release states.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2025
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Other senior officials opted to leave, including the bureau’s top fraud expert, cryptanalyst and skyjacking expert, and the head of its Crime Information Center.—
Douglas M. Charles,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That includes neck, back and shoulder aches, and fragmented sleep from switching positions more often throughout the night.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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Beyond the Panthers’ internal pain, there’s also an ache that everyone around the organization feels for Barkov because of the Olympics.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Sting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sting. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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