stung
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I just had to buy a car, which stung, but every other spare dollar goes toward stacking.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
"Your biggest problem is if you swim into them. You don't want to get stung by a lion's mane."
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Reader, the subject of the lecture is long forgotten, but the observation stung.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
Her words stung like sleet, mostly because Piper had had the same thoughts herself.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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