grease
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He hired Christopher Kice, another of Trump’s former personal lawyers, to help him grease the skids.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
Ralph's parents grease bottle teats to avoid damaging his mouth and turn his baby-grows inside out to avoid friction from the seams.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Big picture: Americans are spending enough money to grease the economy, especially wealthier people who’ve enjoyed ever-rising stock prices.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Casual conversation is social grease, connecting us with friends, colleagues and people we’ve just met.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He was barefoot and filthy, his bright orange hair dingy from dirt and grease.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
Immigration across countries greases the wheels of cross-border investment.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
Another 19 billion liters could come from treating fats, oils, and greases with hydrogen.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 22, 2022
He’s working to preserve the Latino culture of rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods even while he secretly greases the wheels for outside developers.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2022
“Trust is the oil that greases the machine of the world. Even people we hate we trust. That’s how it is. And, amazingly, mostly it works.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2018
“Now we go back to the Carousel room,” muttered Mr. Nancy, “and old One-Eye buys us all dinner, greases some palms, kisses some babies, and no one says the G-word any more.”
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Held at the 1971 crab derby in Crisfield, Md., it drew less attention than sailboat races, greased pig contests and the crowning of Miss Crustacean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Wonder what palms Sam Altman greased for Trevor Noah to suggest AI can make a new Rihanna album happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025
But she faded after a chaotic 40km bike leg, which saw several falls on roads greased by morning rain.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024
Mix well and press into a greased pie plate.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
“Some of my best friends are greased pigs, bottle nose. Oops! Missed me again, you old butterfingers, you.”
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Hammons is known for his series of body prints, which he created by greasing his body and printing it onto newspapers and paper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Alice spends her days cleaning Lady Jemima’s stinky shoes, sponging her underwear and greasing her long blonde hair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Those were the invisible hands greasing the wheels of mass torts, hands that propelled injured people through a maze they knew nothing about.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
And it’s already impacting the broader economy, greasing the wheels of social mobility for some and leaving obstacles for those left out as the cost of living, housing and raising families surge.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
One night when Pa was greasing the traps he watched Black Susan come in, and he said: “There was once a man who had two cats, a big cat and a little cat.”
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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