END-RUN Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of end run

as in bluff

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end-run

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verb

as in to evade

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Recent Examples of end run

Noun

That sort of end run would not be without precedent. — Sacramento Bee Contributor, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026 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

Verb

His caucus sees that as an end-run around TABOR’s requirement to take tax increases to voters. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026 Johnson earlier Wednesday morning urged GOP caucus members not to join Democrats in the procedural end-run around him. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for end run

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Noun

There’s no such thing as a basic room here; even the smallest ones, at 240 to 260 square feet, look out over the bluffs to whitecaps winking in the sun.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
Arriving guests are greeted by local baqueanos, or Chilean horsemen, in traditional ponchos, ready to lead trail rides along coastal bluffs.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of bluff

Verb

Several charges are pending against the suspect, including assault on a peace officer and evading arrest or detention with a vehicle.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Nov. 2026
The franchise began in 1997 as a relatively simple, top-down game that allowed players to roam fictional cities, steal vehicles, evade police and commit crimes.

— Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2026

Definition of evade

Verb

Rather than giving direct answers, the company said, AI Mode will provide a step-by-step breakdown of the problem to avoid short-circuiting learning.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026
The state can also avoid large increases in uncompensated care that hospitals may not be able to absorb as Medicaid supplemental payments to hospitals have also been cut.

— Stan Soloway, Boston Herald, 11 Nov. 2026

Definition of avoid

Verb

Police said he is wanted on a felony arrest warrant charging him with resisting police, disarming a police officer, escape from custody, and operating a vehicle as a habitual traffic violator.

— Todd Feurer, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
Anticipating the backlash, Franklyn had already booked an island getaway to escape the noise.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of escape

Noun

One dodge that lockmakers have long used to challenge would-be plunderers is to conceal the existence of the lock itself.

— Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Oct. 2026
Most Americans don’t sign up to fight and die in those numbers for lawyers’ dodges, legal manipulations, or constitutional theories.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of dodge

Verb

And if Democrats take the Senate as well on Tuesday, party-line legislation to circumvent the filibuster should be on the table, Casar said.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026
For years, the city received a waiver that allowed ACS to circumvent state law requiring all young people in detention to have their own secure bedroom.

— Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026

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