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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
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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore on the shores of Lake Michigan features miles of sand beach, lush forests, clear inland lakes, unique flora and fauna, towering bluffs, an island lighthouse, coastal villages, picturesque farmsteads and more.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The family lives near the bluff in Searcy County.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Simmons added that the play would’ve worked in the game except that Stone had to evade a defender, and that caused Jenkins to briefly stop.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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First Ascents in South Korea Chouinard reportedly drank an entire bottle of soy sauce in an effort to spike his blood pressure and evade a draft for the Korean War.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
20 Oct. 2025
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The TikTok account features countless videos of Athena’s antics, from swimming in open water, playing fetch outside, and enjoying plenty of treats.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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This Great Dane made flannel look fetch.—
Kelli Bender,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Of course, anyone with a tree-nut allergy should avoid almond butter altogether.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tillery also advises her clients to skip overpacking and go with carry-on luggage to avoid unnecessary baggage fees or inconveniences if there are flight changes.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 Oct. 2025
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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
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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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Cosmologists and mathematical physicists often seek ways to circumvent the theorem, looking to quantum gravity (or other non-standard scenarios) to break us out of the requirements that general relativity imposes.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
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And, though users can make the most of lackluster AI moderation (Grok Imagine) or figure out clever ways to circumvent guardrails (Sora) in order to misrepresent famous people, the greater danger probably comes from videos that purport to capture events involving unknown parties.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Oct. 2025
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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