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The phrase "a sting behind" is not a standard expression in written English and may be unclear without context.
It could be used metaphorically to describe a lingering feeling of hurt or regret that follows an event or action.
Example: "After the argument, there was a sting behind her smile, revealing her true feelings."
Alternatives: "a lingering pain" or "a hidden hurt".
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Even after Jackson's eventful Presidency — during which he moved thousands of Indians across the country, undermined the national bank, faced down South Carolina's attempt to nullify federal law, and triggered a new vehemence in partisan politics — he still remembered the letter as "justifying my acts, but leaving a sting behind".
Shakespear's comic genius resembles the bee rather in its power of extracting sweets from weeds or poisons, than in leaving a sting behind it".
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He is the sixth person to be put behind bars after a sting by Dark Justice.
Was this the beginning of a sting operation surrounding the "real story" of Dave the Dwarf, the enigmatic spokesperson behind the sport?
There is a sting.
This would be a sting.
That 18% hides a sting.
But there's a sting.
Was it a "sting" operation?
What to do for a sting?
So he set up a sting.
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