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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Yamamoto, who matched a season high with seven innings pitched, failed to hold the lead again when Tovar evened the score with a solo homer one out into his last inning of work.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 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