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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
Alison Meyers, an Ecology response unit supervisor, said the second locomotive was spilling diesel fuel and lube oil Thursday morning.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 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
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
The company claims that some chain lubes can actually harm the O-rings and ruin the chain.
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
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
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