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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But that ambiguity only sharpens the point.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026 -
This means, after what might have felt like weeks of overthinking, second-guessing or sitting in limbo, your mindset finally sharpens.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Company executives often meet with clients at Wilson's Sandwich Shop, a Depression-era favorite that still cuts and grinds its hamburger in-house from local cattle.—
Dean Narciso,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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While passengers, for the most part, do their best to extend common courtesy to airline staff, there’s one boarding habit that, unbeknownst to passengers, grinds the gears of flight attendants who are preparing for departure.—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2026
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The company has hit a $30 billion annual revenue run rate—a figure that implies a 58% revenue surge in March alone, and edges past the $25 billion run rate OpenAI reported in February.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
10 Apr. 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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“Strops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strops. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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