END-RUN Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of end run

as in bluff

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verb

as in to evade

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Recent Examples of end run

Noun

These tools are best used by professionals in the service of their profession, not as a clever end run around it, and certainly not as a path to eventually replacing it. — ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2026 Castaneda, Marshall writes, made an end run around the department’s Yaqui expert, with the other committee members overly impressed by his au courant melange of fieldwork and gauzy ruminations, despite the fact that his timelines and grasp of mycology didn’t make sense. — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026

Verb

No family court judge should be allowed to do an end-run around Florida’s dependency courts and effectively terminate parental rights. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2026 The agency has challenged the subpoena, arguing the bid for the arbitration decision is an end-run around the confidential nature of the proceedings. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for end run

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Noun

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky immediately called Putin’s bluff and offered to meet him there to talk peace.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
More directly across the river is the Menard Correctional Center, the oldest and largest prison in Illinois, and just up the bluff from there is Fort Kaskaskia, high above the Mississippi.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of bluff

Verb

The suspect, 30‑year‑old Trevion Mark of Fort Worth, was arrested nearby without incident and charged with reckless endangerment and evading arrest in a motor vehicle, according to DPS.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Mark was charged with reckless endangerment and evading arrest in a motor vehicle and booked into the Tarrant County Jail.

— Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026

Definition of evade

Verb

Other methods to reduce the harm from sweltering temperatures include more breaks and flexible shifts so workers can avoid the midday sun, according to the WHO.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2026
While the morning may feel personal — especially if someone questions your judgment, appearance or direction — avoid treating their feedback (or silence) as rejection.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

Definition of avoid

Noun

Japanese scientists studied university and junior high school soccer players of varying skill levels to study dribbling dynamics, focusing on the scissors feint.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
In the 2002 World Cup final, Ronaldo’s second goal for Brazil arrived after a beautiful feint from Rivaldo.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 23 June 2026

Definition of feint

Noun

After missing a penalty in the game’s third minute, Messi rebounded with a strike from 15 yards away in the 38th minute and an unreal dodge of multiple Austrian defenders for a second goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
Maybe jump the fence over to his left and get out of dodge.

— Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of dodge

Verb

The case garnered national interest because Oregon's new law targets the loopholes large staffing firms have been employing to circumvent state corporate medicine laws.

— Alex Olgin, NPR, 3 July 2026
The amendments would also give the commissioner power to demand information from third parties, including age assurance technology providers, to test claims made by platforms about how children continued to circumvent the ban.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

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