lubricate
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Drilling fluid is a liquid used to cool and lubricate equipment during drilling.
From Barron's ● Jan. 6, 2026
These days, of course, pesky things like WhatsApp rather lubricate the friction of distance of folk being in different places.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2024
"These initial results demonstrate the immense potential of AI for developing more accurate and cheaper methods for estimating emissions from agriculture. This may lubricate carbon markets and incentivize adoption of climate-smart practices."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 22, 2024
They lubricate the telescopes and operate them on public viewing nights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
One key defense against this process: a network of de-watering wells, which pump out the water that lubricates the soil’s clay layers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
Butter also lubricates your mouth, which tends to compliment the dish's natural astringency.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
The fluid lubricates faults, resulting in slow slips that produce small earthquakes.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 8, 2024
Most of it is absorbed by our cells; the rest lubricates muscles and tissues and generates saliva.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 14, 2023
Whatever it is that lubricates joints I think must be in low supply now, because every moving part aches.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
This slippery coating is essential for keeping the colon lubricated and stool soft.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
Market exuberance over artificial intelligence, lubricated by ample financial liquidity, keeps propelling the stock market to new heights.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026
Armies of commentators, reporters and photographers were hauled off to the 49th state expecting a vintage Trump performance, of the sort that has lubricated their industry for an entire decade.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
“Water projects came to epitomize the pork barrel; they were the oil can that lubricated the nation’s legislative machinery.”
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024
"Ah, that's the problem, then. You've not lubricated your chawbones."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
"After lubricating the outer walls of the drain eventually we could get the hedgehog out."
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
Jubail is home to one of the world's largest industrial cities, where steel, gasoline, petrochemicals, lubricating oil and chemical fertilisers are produced.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
The lubricating coating used in the study is based on lipid bilayers, structures commonly found in the membranes of living cells.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 9, 2026
It’s necessary for lubricating joints, regulating body temperature and removing toxins from the body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2024
Tins of lubricating oil in the afterholds had ignited and were exploding, but the ones forward had not been exposed to the fire.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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