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

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

Fleming said what differentiates her from an agent is an agent focuses on market information while she hones in on emotion.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023

This hones in on an idea that has been around for centuries and it's fun.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2023

There was the moment of intermingling with a noise like thunder, the spectacle of broken lances sailing in the air while hones pawed that dement before they went down backward.

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