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s mor ting

  • n  a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
  • v  be the source of pain

  • Nature was still smarting from the criticism that it lent credence to the whole messy business by publishing the report in the first place.
  • Indeed, Blatter's allies say it is Johansson in failing health and still smarting from his 1998 defeat and uefa general secretary Gerhard Aigner who are the real powers .
  • No less a break from abstract expressionism than pop art, op art is made tantalizing, eye-teasing, even eye-smarting by visual researchers using all the ingredients of an .
News & Articles

  • Austria Threatened With Panda Loss for Meeting Dalai Lama
    The Chinese regime is playing the panda card in an attempt to make sure that Austria won’t repeat last year’s visit by the Dalai Lama. Still smarting with resentment over the visit, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to send … The post Austria Threatened With Panda Loss for Meeting Dalai Lama appeared first on The Epoch Times .
    June 12, 2013 - The Epoch Times
Quotes

  • Sam Allardyce in Independent
    I am smarting,Allardyce said, working as a pundit for Sky Sports at the Newcastle game yesterday. "I think that for me [given] the timing, and the few games I had, it was a massive shock when they said they were going to make a change. At...
  • Stephen Fleming in International Herald Tribune
    We're smarting over England knocking us out in Australia and to get a good start to this tournament we have to win it, and win it well,Fleming said.
  • Ray Wilkins in FOXSports.com
    This is why I think we'll be so dangerous this year, because the players are smarting from last year,said Wilkins in the Daily Mirror. "The first day I walked in, I could see the determination. Chelsea are a bunch of winners, but were...

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