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The phrase "a sting operation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a covert operation designed to catch a person committing a crime, often involving deception.
Example: "The police conducted a sting operation to apprehend the drug dealers who had been eluding capture for months."
Alternatives: "covert operation" or "undercover operation".
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Was it a "sting" operation?
A sting operation was quickly mounted.
They agreed on a sting operation.
"They were regarded as a sting operation.
Yee, said the report was a "sting operation".
The lunches ended after administrators staged a sting operation.
So it set up a sting operation to catch them.
Mr. Cadena, 43, was killed during a sting operation.
I didn't know it was a sting operation.
The hitman was actually an undercover agent in a sting operation that led to Wortman's arrest.
Norwegian authorities politely declined and conducted a sting operation with the assistance of British law enforcement.
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