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= Solution

The <Brownian reflection principle> reflects a path after its first hit of $x>0$ and gives
$$
\mathbb P(M_t\geq x)=2\mathbb P(B_t\geq x).
$$
Symmetry of the centered <normal distribution> gives $2\mathbb P(B_t\geq x)=\mathbb P(|B_t|\geq x)$. Both random variables are nonnegative, so their tail distributions agree for every $x$, proving the <Brownian running maximum> identity $M_t\stackrel d=|B_t|$.

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