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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

The Gryffindor must hone wisdom, the Hufflepuff courage, the Ravenclaw ambition and the Slytherin loyalty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

The new headline feature of EA FC 27 is "The Grounds" - an open-world area where players can hone their skills and get tips from "mentors" including cover star Kylian Mbappé and Lioness Chloe Kelly.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

We also need to support lifetime training to help workers hone the skills that can’t be automated or substituted with AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

I bit my knuckle to hone the fear into something real and took deep breaths, steadying myself.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

What follows are musical snapshots of an artist, who on the lam from himself, hones a style that will forever change the landscape of modern music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024

But it’s in solitude where he hones the focus and intent to make a baseball go where he demands it to go with frightening consistency.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024

It stood between the stables, for fifty hones, and the cowsheds.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

That’s partly because so much of who Gaby is has been carefully honed by the writers and Williams to align with the actor’s voice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

It is a technique honed in all forms of cricket at the highest level.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Once alerted to the allegations against her, investigators seem to have honed in quickly on Zhykovych, 50, and Reut, 34, using Berezovska's phone records.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

He spent $500 on some essentials—including wax, soap, a vacuum cleaner—and honed his skills by watching instructional videos on YouTube.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Eric nearly collapsed, and Jesse mustered all his well- honed phone skills with the telephone company, talking his way past the first rank to a supervisor, then claiming he was misled.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

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

While Vincent is rejoicing in poverty, shedding his clothes, his possessions, his membership in middle-class society, Theo is honing his talents as an art dealer and becoming more and more ambitious.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman