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honed in (on)

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past tense of hone in (on)

as in pointed

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According to the complaint, the man had his camera pointed at a child at one point.

— Nick Lentz, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
It feels pointed at this point.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 Feb. 2026

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The leader, facing a tough re-election battle, has focused much of his campaign ahead of Tuesday’s vote on security.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
Elsewhere, long-running demonstrations in Albania and Serbia have focused more on anti-corruption, spiraling into movements seeking to topple each country’s government.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

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Chinese documentary filmmaker Nanfu Wang produced and directed One Child Nation (2019) alongside Jialing Zhang to explore the legacy of China’s one-child policy (late 1970s–2016).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
Now in 2026, several men wearing all black with red ties, like Way does in the music video directed by Marc Webb, trickle in as soon as the doors open.

— Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

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Before this year, Democrats had the advantage in that district, which was centered in Osceola County and was heavily Hispanic.

— Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
In art and iconography Lakshmana is typically represented as a part of a group centered on Rama rather than as an individual deity.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

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