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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.

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 is an operation designed to catch a person committing a crime. A typical sting will have a law-enforcement officer or cooperative member of the public go along with a criminal's actions (perhaps by purchasing drugs the criminal is selling) to gather evidence of the criminal's wrong-doing.

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