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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The move also sharpens CATL’s competition with domestic rival BYD, whose latest Blade battery reportedly charges from 10 percent to 97 percent in about nine minutes.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026 -
Your focus sharpens and tasks move faster as Mercury joins Mars in Aries in your 6th house.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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The production, directed with the brooding fluidity that is David Cromer’s calling card, is most alive in the evolving dynamic between Nick and Jacki, whose romance happens by degrees then all at once before reality intervenes and the criminal justice bureaucracy grinds to a halt.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Food Processor quickly chops, slices, and shreds a wide array of ingredients for unlimited culinary creations, while the Coffee & Spice Grinder efficiently grinds coffee beans, spices, and herbs for superior flavor and potency.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Press a frozen pistachio ball into each and gather the dough edges around the pistachio ball to enclose.—
Shafiq Najib,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Brock edges Mineral Wells to stay atop 6-4A Brock remained undefeated in District 6-4A play with a 3-1 victory over Mineral Wells on Monday at Brock High School.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Strops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strops. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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