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Recent Examples of end run
Noun
Tuesday’s announcement represents an end run around normal policy process for vaccine recommendations in the US, experts told Stat News. Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Apr. 2025 This is an end run around regulations that are on the books today. Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
The federal administration is proposing an end-run that ignores the hard lessons of the past. Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025 To prevent the government from using Section 702 as an end-run around these constitutional and statutory requirements, Congress included two key provisions in the law. Elizabeth Goitein, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for end run
Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
  • This wide, unruffled stretch of water framed by wooded bluffs is prime bald eagle territory.
    Giovanna Dell'orto, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
  • Thus, the new project is to be built 25 feet from the bluff.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
Verb
  • Ten people involved in the ambush were arrested that night or early the next morning, but Song evaded capture, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 July 2025
  • Dexter stalks his next victim (Marc Menchaca) — a killer who targets ride-share drivers — while the ghost of his father Harry (James Remar) urges him to be careful, and a fidgety Harrison tries to evade police suspicions.
    EW.com, EW.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • Whatever price the land fetches will be divided among the condominium owners, only some of whom lived on the property before it was condemned.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2025
  • After being made to feel guilty for not paying her any attention, the owners felt obliged to continue their game of fetch and entertain the feline, who is clearly a brilliant actress.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • For efficient and safe removal, residents should avoid stacking debris near trees, utility poles, mailboxes, fire hydrants, or meters.
    Robbie Farias, Austin American Statesman, 12 July 2025
  • Together, the groups have created a high-tech stage in the upper stands, to avoid potentially damaging the pitch at halftime of such an important game, featuring 40,000 pounds of gear, scenery and structural trusses.
    Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Still, the film thankfully skirts the edge of any dismaying tropes and instead pays off his various noble feints.
    Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 30 June 2025
  • Body feints are still part of Messi’s late-career repertoire, as well.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • When Huang was nine-years-old, his parents sent him and his older brother to the U.S. to escape widespread social unrest in Thailand.
    Matt Durot, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • Jeremiah Estrada promptly struck out Eugenio Suarez to escape that jam, and Adrián Morejón left the bases loaded the next inning with a strikeout of Marte.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Dark Souls’ plodding sword-and-board combat disappeared in favor of a lightning fast rhythm of slashes, bullets, and dodges.
    Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The film is notable for a dodge ball scene that goes disgustingly awry, a long gay kiss — an unheard-of smooch in 1981 — between Andrew and a bully, and for Arngrim’s goth-twink fabulous costumes, including the silkiest cape.
    Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • The administration’s attacks on science demand a response from Congress, especially when political appointees try to circumvent the law.
    Matt Motta, Scientific American, 10 July 2025
  • The company designs its own servers internally, circumventing OEMs and collaborating directly with manufacturers to reduce costs, enhance performance, and rapidly incorporate the latest GPUs.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025

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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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