Example Sentences
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This slippery coating is essential for keeping the colon lubricated and stool soft.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
The process is being lubricated by the biggest jump in European military spending since the Cold War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
Armies of commentators, reporters and photographers were hauled off to the 49th state expecting a vintage Trump performance, of the sort that has lubricated their industry for an entire decade.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
“Water projects came to epitomize the pork barrel; they were the oil can that lubricated the nation’s legislative machinery.”
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024
He took out the vial of oil and lubricated the latch and hinges.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
