lube
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At a Ford dealership in Canton, Ohio, lube tech Brandon Burgardt perks up when he sees a Ford Fusion coming through for an oil change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
There are adjustments clinicians can make to alleviate pain during pap smears, such as applying lube to the speculum, using a smaller one, or even allowing patients to insert the device themselves.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
The cargo vessel itself is stable but has over 1.5m gallons of fuel oil and lube oil on board, Mr Gautier said.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
The agency is investigating whether the incident caused any contamination, noting that the vessel was carrying some 13,000 gallons of fuel and 250 gallons of lube oil.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2023
He showed me how to balance with no hands, fix a slipped chain, and lube the gears to keep things smooth.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
I didn’t even have to call my good friend, the Enabler, who usually lubes my way to expensive purchases.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2016
Take valet parking, the institution that lubes the engines of the Los Angelean economy.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2014
This wasn't your typical So Cal beach drizzle that merely lubes up our freeway system, sending German sedans crashing like drunks on ice skates-no, the skies wept Oregon-style.
From Time Magazine Archive
The company claims that some chain lubes can actually harm the O-rings and ruin the chain.
From Time Magazine Archive
“We washed cars, we lubed them, we changed tires, but I didn’t do any of that,” Laura Kemnitz said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2016
Hit sho did hurt me when Marse Hampton got kilt kase I lubed dat white man.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
You can also pay additional fees to knock out grunt work like lubing switches.
From The Verge ● Apr. 6, 2022
He puts them back together after lubing them and inspecting the inner workings — usually.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2018
For golfers, that means lubing up again at the turn.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 18, 2017
Firefighters removed him by lubing him up with olive oil.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2014
You can turn an interchangeable choke tube into an immovable, rusted-in fixed choke by not cleaning and lubing it.
From Time Magazine Archive
