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even

[ee-vuhn] / ˈi vən /








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Bookmark this page and come back daily this week as we share even more of the best of fall.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

This John Stewart is purposefully calm and assured, even when Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan, an entitled jerk clinging to crusted-over glory, provokes him.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

Play at SW19 begins at 11am local time and finishes at 11pm, even if the match has not been completed, in which case the players return to go again the next day.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Social media cut a different pattern, in which individual companies deflated even as the entire market grew.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Sometimes when I have an awful day, I sneak downstairs and play Grace even though I’ve already reached the allotted playing limit.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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

“But it’s mostly something that we think evens out at the end,” he said.

From Barron's Oct. 27, 2025

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

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

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

Mira Costa ended Redondo Union’s 18-match winning streak and evened up the league standings, but the Mustangs gained the tiebreaker by virtue of fewer sets lost head-to-head.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

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

From Barron's Jan. 9, 2026

On Saturday, Yamamoto evened up the World Series at 1-1 by twirling a masterpiece.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 26, 2025

As his breathing evened out, his skin started to return to its usual deep brown in patches, like a watercolor shifting around, searching for the right shade and texture.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

A flash flood watch remains in effect in the Grand Canyon area through Monday evening with more showers and thunderstorms in the forecast, according to the National Weather Service.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

For my final shellfish meal, I joined the evening crowd at the Shuck Station, a seasonal restaurant in a former gas station owned by Brendan Parsons.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

At the Shuck Station, I joined the evening crowd dining at its outdoor picnic tables.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

"It's time for unity and responsibility in the national camp," he wrote on X Thursday evening.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

And so one evening in the early spring of 1942, I was in the home of a doctor and his wife.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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