evened

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Zellweger, given a ton of space inside the left circle, evened the score by lining a wrist shot over Hart’s left shoulder and off the crossbar late in the period.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Carlsson then evened things at 3-3 less than two minutes later, backhanding the puck over Canuck goalie Nikita Tolopilo while skating away from the crease for his 29th goal of the season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

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

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

She asked ChatGPT to blur the background of a picture but instead it "changed my face completely and evened out my eyes".

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

As the boat evened up with the end of the dock I jumped off and hooked a line around a cleat, but the wood was rotted and the cleat bolts ripped out of the dock.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos