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even

[ee-vuhn] / ˈi vən /








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GC: I’m hardheaded, so I was gonna do it one way or the other, even it was just me looking at my own work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

I also write and talk about mental health, and I’ve helped coach a number of people—friends of friends, mothers of friends, even near-strangers—through their own ECT journeys.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026

Super League is yet to agree a new title sponsorship deal, finalise broadcast negotiations or even its fixtures for the 2027 campaign.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

It has rallied more than 8% over the past month even as the S&P 500 lost almost 4% over the same period.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Before Berlin could even try to formulate a response, Marcie left, after waving at someone parking their rough-idling Buick near the picnic tables under the big awning.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

They wouldn’t accept a friend taking money from them because “it evens out,” or excuse a colleague cutting corners on grounds that others do worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 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

“It just evens the playing field,” Foster said, “because if other schools are giving bases, we want to do the same thing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2024

They had exhausted the list, odds as well as evens.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

The Brewers, however, evened the score without delay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

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

On Thursday evening, the weather will be clear and calm across much of the country as temperatures fall rapidly.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

A photo from the evening posted on social media shows Jensen and Alice sitting side by side on a red banquette, he wearing his trademark leather jacket, she in a sleeveless top and pearl necklace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Coast Guard said its San Francisco command center received notification of a person confirmed in the water near Panther State Beach later that evening at around 9:38 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

Villagers gathered around the cordoned-off wreckage, watching recovery operations continue into the evening.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

I mean, I guess I feel a little bad about interrupting your evening.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows


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