Example Sentences

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Bank on those equalling 1% to 3% of your property’s value, or more.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

They must beat bottom side Wolves on Saturday to avoid equalling the club's worst winless league run - set some 91 years ago, between 1934 and 1935.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

But he is the top scorer in this year's competition with 13 goals, just four away from equalling the record in a single season.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Now he is ready to go again, with his sights firmly set on equalling Italian legend Giacomo Agostini's record eight premier class world titles.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë