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Recent Examples of end run
Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 4 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
More specifically, the Trump administration has been doing an end run around the Constitution by misinterpreting the IEEPA, critics from legal groups across the ideological spectrum claim.
—Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 4 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
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Trump’s version of events, as is so often the case, isn’t based on facts, but wishcasting, projection, bombast and bluffs.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Lifeguards on patrol discovered a 10-by-10-foot section of bluff had collapsed along Camino Del Mar near Del Mar’s Dog Beach, officials said.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Israel's military says Iran is firing cluster bombs that can evade some air defenses and scatter submunitions across multiple locations.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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The driver, 21-year-old Joel Gandarilla, was hospitalized and faces a charge of evading detention with a vehicle, according to the Police Department’s online arrest records.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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The Heat, which has needed to qualify for the playoffs through the NBA’s play-in tournament in each of the last three seasons, needs to finish among the East’s top six teams to clinch a playoff spot and avoid the play-in tournament.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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The two sides are meeting for a fifth consecutive day Saturday in hopes of getting a CBA finished in a timely fashion to avoid any potential delays to the upcoming WNBA season.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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One appears to be leaning back in a feint or parry — described as resembling the perspective of a spectator at the amphitheater.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Griffin Jax tossed a perfect sixth before David Bednar escaped a seventh-inning jam with two on and one out by striking out Tatis and Marte.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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The mother is a Filipina former model, who moved to New York—partly to escape the judgment of her parents in Manila—and raised her daughter (with the help of her sister) as a single woman.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Sometimes the dodge is as simple as the end of a scene.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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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
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But critics see it as effectively the same practice, circumventing states’ sports betting laws and operating in places that have banned the practice.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
12 Mar. 2026
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In today’s case, by claiming that the Iranian regime was posing an imminent threat to the United States, the president can more easily circumvent congressional approval for military action and then turn to Congress after the fact if further action is needed.—
Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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