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To play Aemond, Mitchell looked at MMA and cage fighters to hone in on the character’s agile, brutal fighting style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

There are many websites out there where, if you so desire, you can hone your skills.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 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

McIlroy's biggest challenge this week will come from world number one and defending champion Scottie Scheffler, who skipped Quail Hollow to hone his skills for the Aronimink test.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

You hone yourself into a body, nothing more or less than a body.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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

The band hones their act with tiny club gigs, and by New Year’s Eve, lands a support slot on the bill with Blue Öyster Cult.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

As with most geniuses, he was complicated, and “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper’s long-in-the-works biopic, hones in on that knottiness in its focus on Bernstein’s marriage to Chilean-born actress Felicia Montealegre.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023

At sixty-seven he moved himself and his hones west, “to join the other fossils.”

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli

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

The computer-science major with an AI concentration now realizes he wouldn’t have honed the fundamentals if he had been allowed to use AI back then.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

Bob the Drag Queen is a driving force in the creation of this special and when we set a deadline for the day we’d shoot it, it really just honed me in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

He had no trace of lameness, and his speed was honed.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

She’d spent decades honing her craft for that phone call.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 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

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

From the age of seven, the star began honing his craft at the 3 Hammers Golf Complex under the watchful eye of pro Darren Prosser.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

I accomplished a lot in three days, even putting a new edge on Timothy’s knife by honing it on coral.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor