grease the wheels
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London has stables of lawyers and accountants experienced at disguising sources of wealth and who help clients obtain visas that grease the wheels of business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Yet as long as unemployment remains low, Americans should have enough confidence to keep spending to grease the wheels of the economy.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 15, 2025
That could help Capital One and Discover grease the wheels with regulators and gain approval for the deal because antitrust regulators have long had those payment giants in their crosshairs.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024
It’s obvious why Amazon would want to grease the wheels of government in the Inland Empire.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023
It took–what you call–too much money to grease the wheels.
From Owen Clancy's Happy Trail or, The Motor Wizard in California by Standish, Burt L.
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