equalizer
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Croatia fans can hardly believe that their extra-time equalizer against Portugal was wiped out for an offside call triggered by a cross grazing a player’s hair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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
That idea, practice as the great equalizer, shapes how Plum sees her career now, in a moment that demands more from her than ever before.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Aprill defends private equity as an equalizer of sorts in an unequal medical marketplace.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2026
Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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A subway car is supposed to be one of society’s great equalizers.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
It will be especially eye-opening for anyone who believes that wealth, education and access to quality medical services are the great equalizers, the attainable means by which Black Americans can achieve health-care parity.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 10, 2022
VAR benefited Brighton as Leicester had two equalizers ruled out in the final stages, with Harvey Barnes judged to be offside and obstructing the goalkeeper on both occasions.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2021
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 chemistry of manufactured air, the pressure equalizers, renewers, respirators, the lighting and temperature maintenance of a space-flyer was here.
From Brigands of the Moon by Ray Cummings