grease
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Irritated upperclassmen, the lore goes, attempted to stop the juvenile climbing with an unconventional weapon: grease.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
In 1966, Duncan was working as a short-order cook at the Sahara, making 400 salads an hour, when she slipped on spilled grease, severely injuring her shoulder, hip and back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
A spokesperson said the pollution could potentially be linked to food waste or grease entering the sea via the River Bann, but that the cause had not yet been confirmed.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
When we made it back home after being gone for two weeks, I had to put elbow grease into scrubbing the caked-on dog drool off the side of the car.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
“We need to go grease the baffles on the bird feeders.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Immigration across countries greases the wheels of cross-border investment.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
Another 19 billion liters could come from treating fats, oils, and greases with hydrogen.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 22, 2022
At times their frankness sends up the larger society’s conventions of politeness — the thin layer of fiction that greases our way through life.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
He’s working to preserve the Latino culture of rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods even while he secretly greases the wheels for outside developers.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2022
“Now we go back to the Carousel room,” muttered Mr. Nancy, “and old One-Eye buys us all dinner, greases some palms, kisses some babies, and no one says the G-word any more.”
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
A US department of justice investigation into F1's rejection of Andretti further greased the wheels, and the entry was finally confirmed in March last year.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Wonder what palms Sam Altman greased for Trevor Noah to suggest AI can make a new Rihanna album happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025
Mix well and press into a greased pie plate.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
This is an epic of romantic martyrdom, a cry of revenge greased by tears of rage.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
I seent where time goes from moving at the reg’lar schedule to when it slides ’long on greased locomotive rails.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Alice spends her days cleaning Lady Jemima’s stinky shoes, sponging her underwear and greasing her long blonde hair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Those were the invisible hands greasing the wheels of mass torts, hands that propelled injured people through a maze they knew nothing about.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
Prepare a 9-by-5-by-3-inch loaf pan by greasing or spraying first and then lightly dusting with flour.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2023
But if you look at the chain of events, he’s been greasing the wheels.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
His wife stepped in from the kitchen, greasing a muffin tin.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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