sharpen

Realising that everything from winning wars to completing exams were often done with very little sleep, made them understand that sleep deprivation can sharpen your focus in the short term.

But the rhetoric has sharpened tensions with its northern neighbours.

The anticipated spin-off of its ice-cream business by the end of the year will sharpen its focus, it added.

With apologies to Ibsen’s ghost, DaCosta’s tweaks have sharpened its rage.

Most of the drop came Thursday, when the focus sharpened on bank loans made to two companies that have declared bankruptcy, auto lender Tricolor Auto Group and auto parts maker First Brands.