Don Kardong

The toughest trail I ever ran was the Escarpment in the Catskills of New York State. This was an 18-mile race through Rip Van Winkle country, routed through boulder fields, across angular juttings of granite and along a path with an unrelenting barrage of roots, rocks and mud, all of it hidden under slick leaves and dangling nettles.

American Athlete

Kate Christensen

It's interesting to try to imagine how early humans discovered what was edible and what wasn't. Who figured out that when you cooked stinging nettles, the sting would go away completely? How many people had to die before the relative toxicity of wild mushrooms became widely known?

American Novelist

Hugh Dennis

I dont run much on roads any more but instead stick to the trails around where I live in West Sussex. Im surrounded by hills and so love doing long loops over the South Downs. Give me mud, puddles, flinty paths and nettles any day.

Robert Webb

Slow, skinny, and an utter countryside coward: I lived in dread of nettles, spiders, and the very sound of a wasp. As a victim, I was beneath the dignity of the bullies in my year but fair game to the ones in the year below.

English Comedian

George Monbiot

Few people younger than me know that it was once normal to see fields white with mushrooms, or rivers black with eels at the autumn equinox, or that every patch of nettles was once reamed by caterpillars.

British Writer

Mona Eltahawy

What is satire if not a marriage of civil disobedience to a laugh track, a potent brew of derision and lack of respect that acts as a nettle sting on the thin skin of the humourless?

Egyptian Journalist

David Ogilvy

English Businessman

Use 'nettle' to describe a plant causing a stinging physical sensation, not emotional.

Physical Sensation

'Nettle' often appears in discussions about outdoor activities, hiking, or gardening.

Outdoor Context

The context implies caution - avoid direct contact with nettles due to their sting.

Avoid Touching

As a verb, 'nettle' expresses that someone is becoming noticeably annoyed.

Emotional Reaction

'Nettle' suggests a mild, not extreme, level of irritation or annoyance.

Mild Irritation

Use 'nettle' when the annoyance is due to something persistent or repeated.

Repeated Action

'Nettle' as a fabric is often mentioned with sustainability and eco-friendliness.

Eco-Friendly Fabric

Nettle fabric has a unique texture distinct from cotton or synthetic fabrics.

Unique Texture

Use this verb when the sting is a surprise or causes a sudden discomfort.

Unexpected Discomfort

This verb can metaphorically describe a situation that 'stings' emotionally.

Metaphorical Sting

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 But underneath, there's a sharp tang, like nettles and dandelion. The taste of my motherland, Turkey, is a mixture of sweet and bitter. And the reason why I'm telling you this is because I think there's more and more people all around the world today

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 and other insects. In some species, trichomes also dispense chemical irritants. Stinging nettles release a mixture of histamine and other toxins that cause pain and inflammation when touched.

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 it doesn't have the same phobic, hysterical responses. But I think, actually, the alternative is to grasp the nettle of the word "atheism" itself, precisely because it is a taboo word,

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 attack from a hungry crow they far the sort of acid that gives nettles their sting so this is like one of us falling into a nettle patch

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