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[ee-vuhn] / ˈi vən /








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So that’s worse than the pandemic and the Great Recession, and it’s half of what it was even just 10 years ago.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

It’s gotten so an honest thief can’t even pay the bills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

In Britain, the charismatic Todd embraces his special envoy status with verve even as he suspects he’s out of his depth.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Depending on the virus, these shells may consist of tens or even thousands of individual protein components.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

“You see how insane things got? This was a month ago. Now it’s getting even worse. You can’t be a part of that, Janice. It’s too dangerous,” Dad says.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

This season, Toney finished second in the domestic scoring charts with 32 goals in 32 games - he evens boasts more assists and a better shot conversion rate than Bayern Munich forward Kane.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Rookie Beckett Sennecke and scoring leader Leo Carlsson each score and goaltender Lukas Dostal makes 24 saves in a 3-1 win that evens the playoff series 1-1.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2026

Sometimes people get it right, sometimes people get it wrong, but it usually evens out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

“Break evens are saying that the market thinks oil prices are going to stay high for at least a period of time,” said Tom Graff, chief investment officer of Baltimore-based Facet, a financial advisory company.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026

With short, brisk strokes she evens the broken nail on her left thumb.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

The Brewers, however, evened the score without delay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

But he noted the indexes have diverged for periods of time before, in both directions, but have always evened out over time.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

The other goals came from Matt Boldy, who gave the U.S. a lead early in the first period, and Cale Makar, who evened things for Canada late in the second.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026

"I think we deserved the win even though things evened out a bit in the second half."

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

“Well, now that we have Marly, it is evened up,” the teacher said.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

Strong westerly winds are expected to become widespread on Saturday evening, with very windy conditions continuing overnight and through much of Sunday.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

By Monday evening, footage of the protests had made its way into his stump speech for embattled Sen. Roger Marshall in Kansas, where video clips had already been screened for rallygoers.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Early on a Tuesday evening, I arrived at a local dive bar for a show by Dream Syndicate.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

The group said Tuesday evening that it expects its recurring operating profit margin to increase by up to 15 basis points this year from 2.6% the year prior.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Mutti went on fuming with indignation about him all evening.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo


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