as in sharpens
to make sharp or sharper
at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable blades
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This is where the Roth’s value sharpens for pre-retirees.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026 -
As Alphabet sharpens its focus on artificial intelligence to keep pace with rivals, the company has trimmed X’s budget and pushed many of the ventures to spin out as independent companies in recent years.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Then, just to flub any chance for enjoying some dumb fun with a skilled cast hamming it up, the sloppy story grinds the all-too-predictable, all-too-lame whodunit to a halt, as well.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 Mar. 2026
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That has led to longer regular-season schedules followed by tougher tournament grinds, particularly for those without multi-round byes awarded to top seeds.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Mar. 2026
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The study also showed that in France, Netflix edges YouTube as first choice of video service by a thin margin (18% and 12%, respectively).—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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That includes four players who transferred — edges Trey White (Texas Tech) and Ryan Henderson (Texas A&M), linebacker Owen Chambliss (Nebraska) and safety Dwayne McDougle (Nebraska).—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Strops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strops. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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