The story's conceit packs a sting for creatives.
Sadie Stone, 24, clearing brush, takes a sting for her country.
Her comments welcoming "the growing unity" of Europe carried a sting for the French, for whom the price of the spat over Iraq was a divided Europe".It's not really a rapprochement," says François Heisbourg, of the Foundation for Strategic Research.
All that sparkle and fizz has a sting for the work's title character, an aspiring dancer who grows up black with white dreams in sunny, middle-class Los Angeles.
Knowing Kirkham's offer was completely illegal, Gatien's lawyers immediately contacted the prosecution, who set up a sting for Kirkham.
Asbestos litigation is a real stinger: For the first nine months of this year, the company shelled out $134 million in asbestos-related liabilities stemming from a long-defunct gypsum plant.
Yet, this has been common practice in treating a sting from a nettle plant for centuries.[12].[12]
April 2009 was an uneasy month for federal investigators who had set up a sting operation for a group of would-be terrorists in Newburgh, N.Y.
Acquiescence would have meant a stinging defeat for the UN's authority, and a licence for Mr Hussein to break out of his cage, armed with enough nerve gas to kill the world.
The shocking Sony email exchange between Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin is a stinging reminder for us that we will be singled out for ridicule based solely on the way we look.
