In their view, the modern American state has weakened the nation by trying to enforce equality for all Americans, making women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and racial, ethnic, and religious minorities equal to white, Christian men.

They squeezed Wolvaardt by bowling straight and cut off her favoured shots through the off side but she was equal to it, happy to block when necessary.

The institutionalist in him knows that, under the Constitution, the Senate’s power to confirm nominees is equal to a president’s in naming them.

Even as the Bruins broke off five gains of 15 yards or more in the first half — equal to their counterparts — that explosiveness went for mostly naught.

The US government is currently running an annual deficit - a shortfall between its spending and tax revenues - equal to around 6% of its economy.