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'''Sting''' may refer to:
* [[Stinger]] or sting, a structure of an animal to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger
* Irritating hairs or prickles of a [[stinging plant]], or the plant itself

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==Fictional characters and entities==
* [[Sting (Middle-earth)]], a fictional sword in J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''
* [[Sting Oakley]], a character in ''Gundam Seed Destiny''
* [[Peter Stanchek (comics)]], a character nicknamed "Sting" in the Valiant Comics universe
* Trixie Sting, a character in the TV series ''[[Slugterra]]''
* Kamen Rider Sting, a character in the TV series ''[[Kamen Rider Dragon Knight]]''
* [[Sting (film)]], a 2024 horror movie

==Music==
* [[Sting (musical phrase)]], a short sequence of music used in films and TV as a form of punctuation
* [[Sting (percussion)]], a brief burst of percussion to punctuate a joke
* [[Sting (EP)|''Sting'' (EP)]], 2016, by Stellar
* [[Stings (album)|''Stings'' (album)]], 2023, by Kamaal Williams
* [[Sting (Eric Saade song)|"Sting" (Eric Saade song)]], 2015
* [[Sting (Fletcher song)|"Sting" (Fletcher song)]], 2022
* [[Sting (Stellar song)|"Sting" (Stellar song)]], 2016

==People==
* [[Sting (musician)]] (born 1951), English musician and actor
* [[Sting (wrestler)]] (born 1959), American professional wrestler and actor
* [[Cheeseekau]] or Sting (1760–1792), war chief of the Kispoko division of the Shawnee Nation
* Sting International, stage name of American musician [[Shaun Pizzonia]] (born 1968)

==Science==
* [[Stimulator of interferon genes]] (STING), a protein
* Sting, a plant disease caused by ''[[Belonolaimus longicaudatus]]''

==Sports teams==
* [[Arizona Sting]], an NLL lacrosse team (2004–2007)
* [[Charlotte Sting]], a WNBA basketball team (1997–2006)
* [[Chicago Sting]], an American soccer team (1975–1988)
* Las Vegas Sting, now the [[Anaheim Piranhas]], an Arena Football League team (1994–1995)
* [[Sarnia Sting]], an Ontario Hockey League junior team
* [[Southern Sting]], a New Zealand netball team (1998–2007)
* [[Trenton Sting]], an Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League team

==Video gaming==
* ''[[Sting: The Secret Operations]]'', a 2008 online first person shooter
* [[Sting Entertainment]], a video game development company

==Other uses==
* [[Sting (fixture)]], a wind tunnel part
* [[Sting (horse)]] (born 1921), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
* [[Airborne Sting]], a hang glider
* [[Sting Energy Drink]], a Filipino/Pakistani energy drink
* [[Sting operation]], a deceptive law enforcement operation to catch a person committing a crime
* ''[[The Sting]]'', a caper film

==See also==
* [[The Sting (disambiguation)]]

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