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

He played the French horn in various military bands, eventually taking up a role in the Band of the Grenadier Guards.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023

The subjects of his paintings swing rackets in tennis whites, slow dance in full skirts, play the horn in fedoras.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

With the horn in one hand and her dagger in the other, she leaped for the shore.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan