stung

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People who get stung are advised to flush the affected area with copious amounts of white vinegar and use heat or cold for pain.

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  • You know, little kids with little babies and bee-stung (Jiiindalll!!!) single mothers, like Nadya Suleman, who've foisted fourteen oddity-laden children upon the world. —  Gawker
  • What happens is that they get tight and then you get stung, and then the guys who are in charge of sales start squawking because the cash managers are squeezing the revenue generators. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • While losing Teixeira certainly stung, an illustrative example from the not-too-distant past suggests everything could be OK. —  Red Sox & MLB - BostonHerald.com
  • Because the American elite -- stung and emasculated by their defeat in Indochina -- wanted to "give the Soviets their own Vietnam," in the words of Zbigniew Brzezinski. —  Pacific Free Press - Hard Truths for Hard Times - Progressive opinion, dissident news
  • People who get stung are advised to flush the affected area with copious amounts of white vinegar and use heat or cold for pain. —  Starbulletin Headlines
 

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/stəŋ/
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