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Ka Ying Rising had equalled Silent Witness's 17-win record, set back in 2005, when barely extended in the 1,200m Group One Centenary Sprint Cup at Sha Tin last month.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

The big picture was Liverpool were now officially Premier League champions and, with great significance, had equalled Manchester United's total of 20 titles.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025

A decade and a half later, a dozen people had equalled or bested the feat, including a ten-year-old boy who had never known a world in which nine-hundreds weren’t thought possible.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 14, 2018

Real had equalled arch-rivals Barcelona’s long unbeaten run with a 5-0 rout of Granada on Saturday.

From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2017

Entering the tower, he finds her harboured there   Whereof I spake, so dear in Clodion's eyes;   Whom SHE had equalled with the loveliest fair,   Nature, so niggard of such courtesies.

From Orlando Furioso by Rose, William Stewart