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How to pronounce “stings”

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Pronunciation guide for stings

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of stings with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Trevor Aaronson: How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists 9 minutes, 23 secondsin aggressive, undercover conterterrorism stings.
Definition summary: plural of sting

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Trevor Aaronson: How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists 9 minutes, 23 seconds

in aggressive, undercover conterterrorism stings.

[Noun]
plural of sting
[Verb]
third-person singular simple present indicative of sting
[Adjective]
hard, firm, stiff, rigid (characterized by hardness, also viscosity, usually at low temperatures or when some components evaporate)
(of people's or animals' bodies, their parts) hard, stiff, numb (having lost its usual strength or mobility because of low temperatures)
(of plants, occasionally animals) stiff, hard, frozen (where life processes were interrupted or limited, usually in cold, frosty weather)
(of corpses) rigid, stiff
(of places, environments, situations) rigid, stiff (without life, movement, sounds)
(of body parts, also facial expressions, looks) rigid, stiff (characterized by unchanging, fixed muscle positions)
(physics) rigid (capable of resisting deformation)
(technology) rigid (built in such a way that its elements cannot displace each other)

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