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New hobbies equal new network: Perkins’s first real lead came from a five-minute chat with Bill Tai, an investor attending a conference in her hometown, Perth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
"I want everyone to be able to use the bathroom on an equal footing. Either we all pay 50 cents or no one pays 50 cents," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
This pattern could influence shopping decisions, habits, and recurring routines, especially when people continue choosing familiar options despite the availability of equal or better alternatives.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Crossing the line in 44.17 seconds, the 31-year-old secured his eighth podium at the championships to equal French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre's men's record medal tally.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
He was filled with dread, loneliness, and shame in equal parts.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
Instead, the CPI is set so that 100 equals average prices from 1982-84.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
More countries equal more viewers, which equals more money.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Looked at another way, adjusting $100,000 in the late 1990s for inflation also equals roughly $210,000 today.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
“They were very much equals — my mother did help build that cabin. My mother was a teacher and an artist and really loved having children but was also a union rep at the school.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Jared: If we’re equals, we both should’ve gotten in.
From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone
He entertained mass audiences so successfully that his murder mysteries, spy sagas and innocent-man-accused tales became their own genre: the Alfred Hitchcock Movie, often imitated but never equaled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Devyn Sproles equaled Rainey’s 11.41 one week before to win the second heat and take second overall.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
At 6, he played a televised two-hole exhibition at Calabasas Country Club with legendary golfer Sam Snead, whose record of 82 PGA Tour victories would be equaled by Woods nearly 40 years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Despite the worries and headlines about private credit, new money continued to flow into the private funds including the two Blue Owl private BDCs during the first quarter—and nearly equaled outflows in some cases.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
A conversation at the table always equaled a change in barometric pressure.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
But one recent single bulk order from a Canadian company equalled what he would expect to move in seven days.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Following her 200m bronze on Thursday, Asher-Smith also equalled Polish sprinter Irena Szewinska's overall record tally of 10 medals at the championships.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Scottie Scheffler equalled the course record with a nine-under-par 61 as he opened up a three-stroke lead at the end of the second round of the St Jude Championship in Memphis.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
We have now had 10 days with temperatures over 34C, beating the previous record of seven set in 1976 and equalled in 2020.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Except that a robot might fail due to the inherent inadequacies of his brain. The positronic brain has never equalled the complexities of the human brain.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
He is also just nine career stage wins from equaling the record of 35 set by Mark Cavendish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
That goal was her 116th for the club, equaling Fran Kirby's record for the most goals for Chelsea in all competitions.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Capital spending guidance for the five largest cloud companies is approximately $650 billion, equaling the spending by the rest of the Russell 3000 excluding utilities.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
Last year, the company introduced what it calls the “AT&T guarantee,” which provides fiber and wireless customers with credits equaling a full day of service for outages, depending on certain details.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 15, 2026
It was unfair to blame her for the fictional zero-sum game of her successes equaling his failures.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
France boss Didier Deschamps is one win away from equalling the record for most wins as a manager at the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
Lionel Messi scores a hat-trick to reach 16 World Cup goals, equalling Miroslav Klose's record.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
He is just 10 caps away from equalling Dalglish's record of 102.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Bank on those equalling 1% to 3% of your property’s value, or more.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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