sharpen

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Sharpen tools that need it, including pruning shears, hedge trimmers and lawn mower blades.

From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2022

Sharpen your brain with one of the greatest works of all time, Bach’s “aria” and 30 variations supposedly written to amuse an insomniac count.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2020

Sharpen it at times, use it in the right places and otherwise you just shut the box on it for a while and try to be normal.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2016

Ms. Herman, who has a new book out, “Visual Intelligence: Sharpen Your Perception, Change Your Life,” came to her vocation in a roundabout way.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2016

"I've seen it done. Sharpen us a hawk's feather, Cutwater."

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman