end-ran

verb

past tense of end-run
as in avoided

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end-ran
  1. avoided
  2. escaped
  3. shook
  4. evaded
  5. eluded
  6. shunned
  7. got around
  8. eschewed
Verb
  • Indeed, the folks in Akron, Amherst and Monroe, among other locales, have long awaited the winds of change, which have avoided blowing out the stale air caused by chronic losing.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo avoided a suspension for the start of this year’s tournament after a foul during a World Cup qualifier match.
    — Yash Roy, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Definition of avoided
Verb
  • The agency believes the animals were likely captive and escaped or were released.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 July 2026
  • Juan Luna and Jim Degorski escaped justice for nearly a decade until investigators caught a break.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
Definition of escaped
Verb
  • Each blast was louder than the one before, and the walls of the house shook violently.
    — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
  • Last October, a roaring blast and fire at Chevron’s El Segundo plant stayed within the refinery footprint but the noise shook the neighborhood and turned the sky sunset-orange, then smoky.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of shook
Verb
  • DigitalMint said Martino evaded the company’s internal safeguards that attempt to prevent fraud.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • American pressing — the type that previously won the ball against the likes of Paraguay and Bosnia — was easily evaded.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of evaded
Verb
  • Its meaning had eluded researchers since it was discovered in 2017.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026
  • Not all of Foreign Tongues’ 14 tracks are as explicit, but most see the Stones in fighting form that eluded them throughout the past few decades.
    — David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026
Definition of eluded
Verb
  • SpaceX shunned the conventional boxy satellite designs pretty much everyone else has used for more than a half-century.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
  • Befitting his scholarly bent, Bouaddi shunned a lot of the distractions that attracted the attention of his contemporaries.
    — Tom Williams, New York Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of shunned
Verb
  • Capital One got around federal limits on swipe fees by buying Discover’s card network; other banks complained, then went out looking for their own loophole.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 July 2026
  • The Holy Trinity of New Jersey rock even got around a single mic at one point, and Flav couldn’t resist joining along.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2026
Definition of got around
Verb
  • Trump’s second term has bizarrely veered into territory his predecessors would have eschewed on principle.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Over the next 30 minutes, however, England eschewed attacking in favor of stacking the defensive side of the field.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 15 July 2026
Definition of eschewed
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“End-ran.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end-ran. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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