lubricate

Ohtani received an orthovisc shot in his knee to lubricate the joint and relieve irritation, manager Dave Roberts said, and did not have it drained.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

The movie, which Tom Gustafson directed and Cory Krueckeberg wrote, weaves together various Indigo Girls songs from various eras in order to lubricate communication.

From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

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

When water absorbs into the earth, it expands and lubricates the clay until it’s slippery enough for the land to ride downward with the force of gravity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 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

Mostly it was just a question of work and time, and with the ship pitching around and the hydrofoil gears all cleaned and lubricated, all Knot would let him do was study.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

Nothing was felt at the surface, and Giardini stressed that by lubricating an existing fault, the team was adding only "about one percent of what is the natural risk".

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

"After lubricating the outer walls of the drain eventually we could get the hedgehog out."

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 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

The lubricating proteins were abundant in the fish’s jaws and in the fins of zebra fish, gar, and sticklebacks, the scientists reported.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 25, 2024

When Reynolds was gone, he gave Nailer an oiling can and spray applicator that Nailer strapped to his back, and then Knot put Nailer to work lubricating the gearing systems that extended the hydrofoils.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi