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
But on this hot August day in Ravenel, South Carolina, under the blaze of a terrible sun, Ben thought that he had a great equalizer working for him, called youth.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Libraries have long been one of society's great equalizers, offering knowledge to anyone who craves it.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2022
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
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
“Captured likenesses of individuals will be the great equalizers of our culture,” he says.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2020
Amongst the shipwrecked sufferers on a raft, gradations of rank soon cease to be remembered, and of all equalizers there is none like misery!
From One Of Them by Charles James Lever
