as in punch
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 stinger
Once Sheila is rescued, Chimney uses duct tape to pull all the stingers out of her, which helps stabilize Tori’s due-for-a-raise assistant.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
Do not pinch or squeeze the stinger because this could cause more venom to be released.7
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Anaphylaxis is a form of allergic reaction, and both conditions have similar causes.
—Daniel More, Health, 24 Oct. 2024
This timepiece draws inspiration from the scorpion, with the retrograde minutes hand mimicking the arachnid's stinger, delivering a sharp and rapid reset at the end of each hour.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
If a person was stung by a bee, attempt to scrape the stinger off the skin to remove it.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 19 Oct. 2024
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
Do not pinch or squeeze the stinger because this could cause more venom to be released.7
Similarities
Anaphylaxis is a form of allergic reaction, and both conditions have similar causes.
—Daniel More, Health, 24 Oct. 2024
This timepiece draws inspiration from the scorpion, with the retrograde minutes hand mimicking the arachnid's stinger, delivering a sharp and rapid reset at the end of each hour.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
If a person was stung by a bee, attempt to scrape the stinger off the skin to remove it.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stinger
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And yet all that extravagant silliness doesn’t take away from the series’ political punch, which also comes as a surprise.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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Don’t be tempted to force the liquid through the filter, which may result in a cloudy punch; be patient and let gravity do its thing.SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 11 Dec. 2024
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But Manchin raced across town from a previous engagement to deliver the fatal blow, 50-49.Axios, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
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The network has struggled to convince media companies to carry it and suffered a big blow when it was dropped by DirecTV in 2022.Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
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Normally, anyone walking into a cellar with an eight-figure check is going to expect to set some of the terms of the deal, so the sheer ego slap delivered by the take-it-or-leave-it nature of the offer cleared a host of private buyers from the table.Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024
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This is yet another tone-deaf slap in the face from our out-of-touch public utilities.Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2024
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The White Sox have a major need for power hitting as Jose Abreu, Eloy Jimenez and Yoan Moncada are gone and Andrew Vaughn appears to have misplaced his thump.Phil Rogers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Ariel remembered telling Maricela to hurry and then feeling a whoosh and hearing a thump behind him.Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
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The music of jazz trumpeter Enrico Rava washes over the dining room as solicitous waiters recite the evening’s specials, their delivery unaffected by the thud of bombs falling on a neighborhood nearby.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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The yearling scrambled back up its tree, then let go and fell, landing with a sickening thud.Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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The early tax refund advance season hits in December, months before many people would actually receive tax refunds after filing their 2024 federal income tax returns next year.Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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That sum is almost entirely made up of streaming activity, as millions of Americans play his biggest holiday hits on sites like Spotify.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Celebrations last year in Shanghai were marked by huge crowds and revelers using the holiday to take tongue-in-cheek swipes at China’s strict Covid lockdowns and lackluster economy.Chris Lau, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
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At present, credit card providers receive a roughly 2 percent fee on each card purchase, and the swipe fee pays credit card companies for the processing and financing of transactions, fraud prevention on those transactions, along with rewards programs for users of the cards.John Tamny, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Particles from smoke can be breathed into the lungs and cause heart attacks, strokes, asthma attacks, and difficulty breathing.Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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This brilliant stroke moved the action away from the regions in which the rebels enjoyed the most support and allowed tempers to cool.Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Stinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinger. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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