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Keaton’s comeback is the result, he says, of sharping his focus.

From Washington Times • Oct. 13, 2014

Nor does he ever seem to question the various means by which he pursues his end: army desertion, card sharping, contracting a loveless marriage in order to acquire a fortune.

From Time Magazine Archive

Outwardly innocent, Santana's instrumental solos are long-lined and full of musical guile, bending, flatting and sharping with something of the intricacy of Oriental music.

From Time Magazine Archive

Husky, usurious, "Doc" believed sharping made the victim sharp.

From Time Magazine Archive

I hate all this international sharping, all these attempts to get artificial advantages, all this making poor people buy inferior goods dear, in the name of the flag.

From The Passionate Friends by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)