evenly matched
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They’re also evenly matched against the Democratic nominee, state Rep. James Talarico.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Dan Schnur, a politics professor at USC, UC Berkeley and Pepperdine University, said the fundraising reports show the three highest-polling candidates evenly matched heading into the final weeks of the campaign.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
If the teams are evenly matched, with each team having a 50% chance of winning, the odds will be listed as -110 for each team.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026
"As soon as Lando was in clean air," the Dutchman said, "it was very evenly matched or he was slightly faster. We managed to gap to the end but it was not super-easy."
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2025
For one thing, the knights were more evenly matched, and, in the tilt with which it began, neither of them was unhorsed.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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