stung
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General Motors GM 1.58%increase; up pointing triangle , stung in recent years by critical parts shortages, is setting up a $4.5 billion safety net designed to keep critical components flowing through supply-chain troubles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
"It smelled like plastic burning. It stung my nose," Chanate recounts.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Jealousy had got hold of him: she stung him; but the sting was salutary: it gave him respite from the gnawing fang of melancholy.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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