How to Use grease the wheels in a Sentence

grease the wheels

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• But leaders need to know when to push and when to grease the wheels.
  — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 15 Nov. 2021
• In almost any courthouse, plea deals grease the wheels of justice.
  — Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2021
• Arnaz’s words seemed to help grease the wheels toward the inevitable settlement.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 July 2023
• Several key trends are beginning to grease the wheels of a new era in live entertainment.
  — Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
• There are some key factors that help grease the wheels of the NBA's ongoing activism.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 28 Aug. 2020
• With the cap rising and free agency drying up, teams had to get more creative this summer — and that helped grease the wheels to more player movement.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 21 July 2026
• To grease the wheels, one of his assistants, a big, burly sort decked out all in black like his boss, worked the room carrying a wad of cash, ready to lend to anyone who might be tapped out.
  — Alex Vasquez, Bloomberg.com, 4 Oct. 2020
• Meanwhile, Bunton sends an anonymous ransom note to the press that helps grease the wheels of the police investigation.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
• To grease the wheels of diplomacy, Obama turned a blind eye to the malign behavior of Iran and its terrorist proxies.
  — The Editors, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
• Stillwell sends Maeve and Homelander for what is meant to be a clutch photo op, a rescue to grease the wheels of the Pentagon contract.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2020
• This undoubtedly helped to grease the wheels for players moving between the two clubs — a relationship which proved to be reciprocal.
  — Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
• But the basic norms that are codified in the Senate rule book have existed for a long time as informal social norms that grease the wheels of public discourse.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 20 Oct. 2020
• Playing him instead of Hart when the offense bogs down helps grease the wheels, and his point of attack defense on Tyrese Haliburton last year helped slow him down at times.
  — Tom Rende, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
• The swap rights, in particular, offer flexibility without surrendering outright picks—think of them as tools to grease the wheels without giving away the farm.
  — Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
• Banks that grease the wheels of international commerce are refusing to finance Russian commodity deals.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2022
• Consumer experiences will most likely grease the wheels for the inevitable and ubiquitous message landscape that will eventually find its way into schools akin to the early days of the iPhone and tablets.
  — Rod Berger, Forbes, 25 July 2022
• The diplomats of the world’s leading superpower have long worked to grease the wheels of international trade and boost the access and competitive muscle of their country’s major companies on the world stage.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2023
• Texas politics experts told the Statesman that no speaker did more to grease the wheels for Patrick, shifting away from the House’s traditional role as a foil to the Senate.
  — Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
• Plus, hosting the Olympics has sometimes served as a way to grease the wheels for more significant public investments in amenities that all residents can enjoy, during and after the Games.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026
• The high court decision upholding Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans minors may grease the wheels for court approval of similar laws already enacted in two dozen other states.
  — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
• The authors suggest the negotiators helped grease the wheels for a subsequent larger exchange with a multimillion-euro ransom, which may have only fueled further violence.
  — Seth Stern, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2021
• That’s not to say the pending legislation won’t help grease the wheels for housing construction and rehabilitation, though, as previously suggested, in some areas more than others.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
• Instead, many top statutes govern the functioning of the court system itself, offering a window onto the lunch-pail, nuts-and-bolts, workmanlike laws that grease the wheels of a (mostly) stable and functioning society.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• That’s where the business makes its prototypes, along with international shipments, and Miller said the move to the Front Range will help grease the wheels of efficiency on new product launches.
  — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
• Federal student loan subsidies for graduate education, which are more expansive than subsidies for undergraduates, grease the wheels of the advanced-degree machine.
  — Preston Cooper, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
• But many lawmakers and scholars argue that earmarks fulfill a vital function of Congress, and help to grease the wheels of the legislative process by giving individuals members tangible reasons to negotiate spending deals.
  — Stephanie Lai, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2023
• Far from being an act of resistance, could de-skilling actually grease the wheels of avant-garde acculturation, facilitating the movement of capital into every last nook and cranny of cultural production, even the most seemingly resistant?
  — Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
• This collection of 36 short profiles by as many authors affectionately portrays the middlemen and facilitators who grease the wheels of life in Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) in imaginative ways.
  — Lisa Bjorkman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
• Everyone’s favorite advisor, Ned Gowan (Conor MacNeil), sidles up next to Henry to try and grease the wheels, knowing that the Grants would make an excellent alliance with the Mackenzies.
  — Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
• The American charts are increasingly coming to grips with the fact that there are mainstream musical dynamos all over the planet — in Seoul, in Lagos, in San Juan — and this current K-pop push gets that English-language lyrics grease the wheels for such a crossover.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025