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Sting

Sting can mean:

In biology, a sting is the part of a number of animals, such as wasps, bees and scorpions, that delivers a poison when used to pierce the skin of another animal.
In law enforcement a sting operation is an operation designed to catch a person committing a crime.
The Sting, a 1973 film starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, features such an operation.
In The Hobbit, Sting is the name of Bilbo's sword, passed on to Frodo in The Lord of the Rings.
Sting is the stage name of Gordon Sumner, the bassist and former lead singer of The Police until their breakup in 1983.
Sting (Steve Borden) was a professional wrestler with World Championship Wrestling during the 1990's and a former WCW World Champion.
STING Combat engineering branch within the Norwegian military.

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