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It was a night of celebration, cheers and plenty of tears as fans and peers turned out for her victory lap, showing love and appreciation for a career which thrilled and inspired in equal measure.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Markets currently price in a roughly equal possibility of a Federal Reserve rate hike versus unchanged rates this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The feminist icon, who died Wednesday at 92, never stopped advocating for equal rights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"The Spanish state is obliged to guarantee equal access to justice, irrespective of who the accused person is," said Women's Link executive director Jovana Rios Cisnero.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
As much as I believed that Negro people should have an equal opportunity to participate in American society, there were realities to deal with.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
The AAP guidance also highlights research that challenges the outdated assumption that more time devoted to classroom instruction equals more learning.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
The pre-IPO perpetual contracts translate directly to Anthropic’s market capitalization via a $1.00 point equals $100 billion valuation index model.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
We were white, Filipino, Vietnamese and Latino, children of working-class parents and equals in the eyes of God.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Instead, the CPI is set so that 100 equals average prices from 1982-84.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The very flow of the rivers was determined by this man and the gods he called his equals.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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
Folarin Balogun’s two goals in that game equaled another record from 1930, which was the last time a U.S. player had multiple goals in a World Cup game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Brasília’s budget deficit was a gaping 9.4% of GDP in April, while government debt equaled 80.4% of output, according to central bank data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 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
Thirty-eight beats times four equaled 152 beats per minute.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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
Charley Hull equalled the lowest round in Ladies European Tour history and broke the course record at the Centurion Club to move within one stroke of the lead at the PIF London Championship.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
His personal income equalled approximately £162,000 a year but he was only paying tax on about £13,000 and Bush transferred an average of £52,000 a year to his wife.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
"I just feel like I couldn't have given more this cycle. If I had given less, would it have even equalled more?"
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
He was a soft-spoken, politically sensitive, brilliant Zulu student, whose love for the English language probably equalled my own.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
None of his fellow chain crew members come close to equaling Moreno’s years of service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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
The NYSE’s Advance-Decline Line is still 1,018 net advances away from equaling its own all-time high.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
Only 11 men have more major wins than McIlroy, with his tally of six now equaling Faldo, Lee Trevino and Phil Mickelson.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
He called over a member of the Sandrouni family, who quoted something equaling about sixty-five American dollars.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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
Liverpool's 20th title, equalling Manchester United, was a cause of rejoicing from their global fanbase.
From BBC ● May 30, 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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