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equalizer

[ee-kwuh-lahy-zer] / ˈi kwəˌlaɪ zər /


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In the 88th minute, Marcinkowski became the hero by preventing the equalizer with a great save on a header by Jasinski inside the six-yard box.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

And the most important goal in Cape Verde history—the equalizer against Uruguay—came from Hélio Varela.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Boosting isn’t a solution, but it is an equalizer, reminding upper management that a different title and fatter salary don’t exempt them from compassion, inside or outside the store.

From Salon May 22, 2026

Aprill defends private equity as an equalizer of sorts in an unequal medical marketplace.

From Slate Mar. 17, 2026

Who would have thought that the equalizer would turn out to be the biggest dweeb in school?

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

A subway car is supposed to be one of society’s great equalizers.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

Mexican star Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez scored the equalizers in the 26th and 74th minutes.

From Washington Post Feb. 19, 2022

Mexico got a pair during the Nations League final, and the U.S. turned its own isolated moments of power and artistry into equalizers twice.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2021

“The people who are dependent on free public education as equalizers can’t make up the difference when left on their own.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 24, 2020

Amongst the shipwrecked sufferers on a raft, gradations of rank soon cease to be remembered, and of all equalizers there is none like misery!

From One Of Them by Charles James Lever




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