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grease

[grees, grees, greez] / gris, gris, griz /


VERB
lubricate
Synonyms




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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

Sure enough, at 3 a.m. a drone punched into a grease oil depot on Obeid’s edge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

The most important thing is to keep your money working for you as hard as it possibly can — and for that, you need to apply some elbow grease to keep it moving.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

I spent hours with Dad in our garage grease pit bleeding brakes, in our attic installing insulation, in the furnace room adjusting burners.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

From a bag of deer tallow, she added a yellow smear of grease and then, forcing Pinch to lie still, she spread the paste on his burns and propped him against a tree.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich




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