Thesaurus results for STINGERS

stingers

noun

plural of stinger

as in punches

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument in the eighth round he delivered a stinger that knocked his opponent flat

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Recent Examples of stingers Instead of creams and balms that temporarily relieve the itch, this inconspicuous tool uses suction to directly remove insect venom, stingers, and saliva from the bite site. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2026 Though wasps aren’t bees, many do have bee-like markings and stingers. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026 These long stingers can actually be steered through the material to find the hiding host. — Philip Anderson, The Conversation, 8 July 2026 Start by gently washing the affected area with soap and water, and removing any stingers. — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026 One idea the team floats is that zinc and manganese are limited resources, so scorpions can only reinforce the most critical parts of the stingers instead of spreading the metals across their entire exoskeleton. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026 Officials report thousands of honeybees died during the event, due to the tussle between Woods and the deputies, and female honeybees dying after using their stingers. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026 Surprisingly, it was found that stingers use a distinct layering of zinc at the tip, followed by manganese, while pincers are reinforced with zinc and iron specifically along their cutting edges. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Apr. 2026 Dubbed Antscan, the platform features micrometer-resolution reconstructions that lay bare not only the insects’ armored exoskeletons but also their muscles, nerves, digestive tracts, and needle-like stingers poised at the ready. — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Two blue and yellow humanoid robots attempted to beat each other up with punches twice as hard as Mike Tyson’s.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026
For Villa, there were mitigating circumstances in this latest defeat by Glasner, yet the worry is they are still being caught with the same punches.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of punches

Noun

Their failure was perceived as part of a pattern of significant blows to union power during the Reagan era.

— Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Zeller sets this up ably by incorporating the sledgehammer blows of the builder hired by Toby into percussive passages of Volker Bertelmann’s ominous score.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of blows

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According to RevitaLash, apply a few swipes of the serum to clean lashes once per day.

— Iman Balagam, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2026
Their swipes at one another have escalated so much that the sitting president has threatened to take away O’Donnell’s citizenship.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of swipes

Noun

Michael Busch and Miguel Amaya each doubled and singled for the Cubs, who finished with 13 hits.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026
Reliever Seth Halvorsen gave up three hits without recording an out in the ninth, but the Dodgers had built up enough of a lead to weather a Washington (67-76) comeback attempt.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of hits

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Clinical biomarkers and neuroimaging do not hold all the answers; many disorders—such as Alzheimer’s and some types of strokes—still require postmortem analysis for diagnostic confirmation.

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Movies tend to work with bold strokes and colors, and absolute ideas; cinema is a popular medium, and both its power and its pitfalls come from its ability to simplify and underline.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of strokes

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These 16 slaps are lucid and adventurous, featuring random Jay Electronica warblings, DJ Quik rhythms, and a couple of surprisingly appropriate Westside Gunn vignettes.

— Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
The Mother was the destination, but the slaps, pineapple, goat, and countless detours made the journey worthwhile.

— Erin Strecker, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of slaps

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