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Salah had evened the score with a deflected shot in the 76th.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2023

And when rookie receiver Alec Pierce caught a 32-yard TD pass with 17 seconds left, Indy had evened the season series with a 34-27 victory.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2022

Later he offered us lettuces from his vegetable garden, and a bottle of olive oil, and seemed satisfied that he had evened things out.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Kevin Love had 14 points and seven boards for the Cavaliers, who had evened the series with a 111-102 win in Game 4 on Monday.

From Reuters • May 24, 2018

Do you remember when I began I said I had evened the score against M. de Nou?

From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John