hones

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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

Kwan’s novel hones in on the ways that isolation and boredom sap vital parts of ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

The Josh O’Connor-led drama “Rebuilding” hones in on a rancher whose property is destroyed by a wildfire, following him as he tries to find hope and community in the aftermath of devastation.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025

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

When he wasn’t digging up old hones, Archie Brubaker was teaching at universities in the East.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli