horn in

Example Sentences

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It’s actively working to horn in on Greenland minerals projects, in particular high-grade resources that China lacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

Every time a semitruck passed by heading to or from the port, the driver would honk its horn in a quick gesture of acknowledgment and, one imagines, solidarity with the men and women inside.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2025

"There was no teacher who could teach you how to play the horn in this way. It was more trial and error. I've just my lips, I've just my air," he says.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2023

Bonus points if it prompts even one person to lay off the horn in a shopping mall parking lot on a busy Saturday afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023

‘Yep. In the shop. That squeak-pig is trying to horn in on breakfast.’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes