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Recent Examples of end run
Jay O'Brien, ABC News, 22 July 2025
Harvard challenged the move, saying the president was attempting an end run around the temporary court order.
—Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Trump's attempt to end-run Congress is likely to complicate efforts to keep the federal government operating after Sept. 30, when Congress must pass an appropriations bill to avoid a shutdown.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Making an end run around House leadership While Republicans plan to run on the bill in the upcoming 2026 midterms -- and have to contend with its impacts -- there is one more immediate political challenge: this legislation has shaken how some feel about House leadership.
—Jay O'Brien, ABC News, 22 July 2025
Harvard challenged the move, saying the president was attempting an end run around the temporary court order.
—Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Verb
Dudek got the job, wittingly or not, through an end-run around his bosses.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
Trump's attempt to end-run Congress is likely to complicate efforts to keep the federal government operating after Sept. 30, when Congress must pass an appropriations bill to avoid a shutdown.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
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After several major storms led to erosion, those seats have been moved up to a little bluff, just in front of the two pools (thankfully, the beautiful view remains the same).—
Jacqui Gifford,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Oct. 2025
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The 30-acre property sits on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The company said Perplexity wasn't operating transparently and is evading the company to gain unauthorized access to its store.—
Ashley Capoot,Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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After successfully evading arrest, Lennon remained on the run for 13 years.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Dogs’ favorite bonding activities include playing fetch, tug, or Frisbee.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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This Great Dane made flannel look fetch.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The update to trick-or-treating time was made to avoid a conflict with high school football playoff games.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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To avoid making a bigger mess, place your rug on a tarp, drop cloth, or large piece of plastic instead of directly onto the ground.—
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt,
Architectural Digest,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This turns out to be mostly just a feint at divisiveness.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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Starting a robotaxi service is not for the feint of heart or small of wallet.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Epstein story is all about people who are sufficiently rich or entitled escaping the full consequences of their actions, something that is still happening here.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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Seven years after disappearing from his California home in 1972, 14-year-old Steven Stayner escaped his kidnapper, Kenneth Parnell, and returned to his family in 1980.—
James Mercadante,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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Unlike many Souls-like games, Silksong doesn't have a spammable dodge button that offers the player brief invulnerability to almost every attack, regardless of location.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Many protestors rallied online on platforms including X Spaces after downloading VPNs to circumvent the shutdown.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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If his primary issue with Comcast buying WBD is CNN, a divestiture or deal without the network could circumvent those issues.—
Alex Sherman,Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
30 Oct. 2025
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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