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end-run

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Recent Examples of end run
Noun
Many data brokers in turn sell the information to federal agencies, including ICE and other parts of the DHS, offering an all-too-easy end run around restrictions on those agencies’ domestic spying. Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 4 Dec. 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 See All Example Sentences for end run
Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
  • Iran is exposing the limits of a presidency built on bluff, improvisation and submission rituals.
    Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Her burial site wasn’t far from where other prehistoric remains have been discovered over the years, on what was once a bluff overlooking the river.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In the 72nd minute, Dudinha, who finished with two assists, stole the ball from Chicago and passed it to Barcenas, who, while moving to her left, delivered a brilliant backheel to her right to evade two defenders.
    Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • To evade interference from electronic jammers, both militaries launch drones attached to miles-long spools of fiber-optic wire - leaving behind a digital spider's web.
    Holly Williams, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Games like tug‑of‑war, indoor fetch, puzzle toys and hide‑and‑seek can provide both physical movement and mental engagement—no snow boots required.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Retrievers, initially bred for hunting, enjoy hiking and playing fetch, says Joey Morris, animal behaviorist and dog trainer at OverWatch K9 Academy.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The state transportation agency said drivers should avoid the area or use alternate routes.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The Texas Rangers avoided a complete meltdown to earn their first victory of the season, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 in 10 innings Saturday at Philadelphia.
    Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Scarpetta contains the standard allotment of feints and false leads.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
  • One appears to be leaning back in a feint or parry — described as resembling the perspective of a spectator at the amphitheater, suggesting the artist may have been drawing from memory after watching a real fight.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Fortunately, fire crews only had to focus on getting the fire out as the two families were able to escape on their own.
    Jessica Riley, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Chesney had escaped from an outside enclosure on March 25, after being frightened by some unknown barking dogs.
    Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 29 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Sometimes the dodge is as simple as the end of a scene.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Overshooting a dodge or whiffing a swing usually leads to contact damage, followed by an enemy attack, which will stun you for a few frames for them to reposition, causing even more contact damage as the foe decides to move through you.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The order distorts the constitutional amendment process by attempting to use executive power to circumvent the amendment requirements that would necessitate state approval.
    Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Privacy advocates argue the practice circumvents the Fourth Amendment and is contrary to a 2015 law that bars federal agencies from collecting bulk data on Americans.
    Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 25 Mar. 2026

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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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