lube
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At a Ford dealership in Canton, Ohio, lube tech Brandon Burgardt perks up when he sees a Ford Fusion coming through for an oil change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
There are adjustments clinicians can make to alleviate pain during pap smears, such as applying lube to the speculum, using a smaller one, or even allowing patients to insert the device themselves.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
The cargo vessel itself is stable but has over 1.5m gallons of fuel oil and lube oil on board, Mr Gautier said.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2024
Officials said Sunday afternoon that cars involved also carried combustible liquids, butyl acrylate and residue of benzene from previous shipments, as well as nonhazardous materials such as wheat, plastic pellets, malt liquors and lube oil.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
He showed me how to balance with no hands, fix a slipped chain, and lube the gears to keep things smooth.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
I didn’t even have to call my good friend, the Enabler, who usually lubes my way to expensive purchases.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2016
Take valet parking, the institution that lubes the engines of the Los Angelean economy.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2014
The company claims that some chain lubes can actually harm the O-rings and ruin the chain.
From Time Magazine Archive
This wasn't your typical So Cal beach drizzle that merely lubes up our freeway system, sending German sedans crashing like drunks on ice skates-no, the skies wept Oregon-style.
From Time Magazine Archive
“We washed cars, we lubed them, we changed tires, but I didn’t do any of that,” Laura Kemnitz said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 21, 2016
Wiring is printer-labeled every eight inches, not just at the terminals, and water-cooled stuffing boxes have crossover lines so that when you�re running on one engine, the downed gear will still get lubed.
From Time Magazine Archive
If you keep pesky snaps on canvas covers and curtains well lubed you�ll prevent damage to expensive canvas from the tools you use to pry recalcitrant fasteners.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hit sho did hurt me when Marse Hampton got kilt kase I lubed dat white man.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
You can also pay additional fees to knock out grunt work like lubing switches.
From The Verge ● Apr. 6, 2022
He puts them back together after lubing them and inspecting the inner workings — usually.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2018
For golfers, that means lubing up again at the turn.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 18, 2017
Firefighters removed him by lubing him up with olive oil.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2014
"And I sure don't miss the maintenance and lubing part," she says.
From Time Magazine Archive
