grease

Example Sentences

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He flings his lunch against the wall, shattering a piece of Nancy Reagan’s china and leaving a trail of ketchup and hamburger grease on the wallpaper and faux gilt sconce recently procured from Home Depot.

From Salon

The complaint said that Hyperion officials monitoring offshore locations also reported seeing “oil sheen, grease balls, tar, plastic debris and other floating materials.”

From Los Angeles Times

He allegedly greased a few palms, from warders to camera operators, and bought his way out of prison.

From BBC

In a tweet last week, Kennedy wrote that bank digital currencies “grease the slippery slope to financial slavery and political tyranny.”

From Washington Post

"There is the human grease from the breath of millions of worshippers; there is the soot of millions of candles; there are the stains of condensation. It all leaves a mark."

From BBC