1
: a football play in which the ballcarrier attempts to run wide around the end of the line
specifically
: sweep sense 3e
2
: an evasive trick or maneuver
made an end run around the regulations
end-ran; end-running; end-runs
: to avoid artfully
end-running the law
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Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Without the end run, a bid to be elected to a third term would directly contravene the Twenty-second Amendment.
—Michael Luo, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
With a global start in excess of half a million, the sequel is on track to blow past the first film's global end-run of $1 billion.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025
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Noun
And then was abandoned altogether to show a lot more than that, as the show settled into its full-Pussycat end run.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
Without the end run, a bid to be elected to a third term would directly contravene the Twenty-second Amendment.
—Michael Luo, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
Johnson earlier Wednesday morning urged GOP caucus members not to join Democrats in the procedural end-run around him.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
With a global start in excess of half a million, the sequel is on track to blow past the first film's global end-run of $1 billion.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/end%20run. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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