END RUN Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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as in bluff

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verb

as in to evade

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Recent Examples of end run

Noun

The two men planted themselves at the bedside of the ailing Attorney General John Ashcroft to block Bush administration officials from making an end run to get Ashcroft’s permission to reauthorize a secret no-warrant wiretapping program. —

Eric Tucker, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026 This model is an end run around more aggressive methods of reducing driving. —

Jennifer Hernandez, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2026

Verb

His caucus sees that as an end-run around TABOR’s requirement to take tax increases to voters. —

Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for end run

Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run

Noun

On the morning before his final Governor’s Fishing Opener in the title role, Tim Walz stood on the Stillwater waterfront, posing for myriad pictures and doing interviews with the community’s iconic Lift Bridge and the bluffs of Wisconsin behind him.

— Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 8 May 2026
However, the city determined recently that a costly and time-consuming coastal development permit would be required to complete the work because the stairs are within 50 feet of a coastal bluff.

— Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026