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It’s a lifestyle not entirely dissimilar to the rigorous training of an ice-skating prodigy, putting in the work at all hours to hone their skill.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
Publicis promises to create a more structured system: Publicis Sports will hone clients’ strategies, then hand them over to Tekta to identify promising athletes and schools based on those brand objectives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
"Many are good providers, but some are bad. That's the nature of a government scheme: people will hone in on it and try and slice off amounts for themselves."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
McDuffie and Watson have helped Adams and fellow star receiver Puka Nacua hone their skills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Its popularity was analogous to the way artists flocked to Paris in the 1920s to hone their craft under the tutelage of the masters there.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Even as Cursor hones in on Composer, the company’s model-agnostic platform remains a key selling point, according to Ram Bala, professor of AI and analytics at Santa Clara University.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
Even as China hones its formal sanctions toolkit, it still turns to informal methods when legal and political justification is thin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
The 2022 release hones in on an industrial-sounding synth, marked with sporadic, sci-fi sounds all while Komai energetically shouts in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2025
Brotherhood further hones that portrayal by writing John as a man making the same uneasy bargain to reengage with strangers as the rest of us.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2025
It stood between the stables, for fifty hones, and the cowsheds.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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A scholarship to Sedbergh School - "posh", in Brook's words - was where he honed his game, with 6.20am nets run by former Kent player Martin Speight.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Still, some in the industry see foie gras following the familiar pattern in which Chinese exporters, honed by fierce competition at home, undercut global competitors with low prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
"I have really honed in on my game and realised I don't have to play a spectacular point every time to win," said Gauff.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“I just really honed in on my game and realized I don’t have to play a spectacular point every time to win, even though there were some spectacular points,” Gauff said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The supporting cast was mostly disenfranchised Indians, Mexicans, and cowpunchers, all of whom possessed horsemanship and livestock skills honed on the vanishing frontier.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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The 19-year-old, sporting a budding beard, usually operates from home, filling lulls by watching the TV show Criminal Minds or honing his drone-flying skills on a simulator.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
After his China special in 2014, he decided to spend more time here, honing his act for American audiences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Unlike most of his predecessors, he had not spent decades honing his political skills and building alliances with colleagues.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Schools sharpen students’ thinking and research skills, he noted, but higher education hasn’t been as good at honing students’ applied skills — and for AI, that includes knowing when to responsibly use the technology.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
But he had proven himself as a superb academic administrator, earning his spurs honing consensus among the fractious faculty cliques on the MIT campus.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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