END-RUN Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

end run 1 of 2

noun

Definition of end run

as in bluff

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end-run

2 of 2

verb

as in to evade

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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 The Supreme Court would eventually be asked to bless this end run around its previous decisions — not just Citizens United, but related rulings from 1976 and 2010. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 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

England has a beautiful coastline, full of romantic, windswept bluffs, rocky cliffs, and quaint seaside villages.

— Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2026
The Latour influence stretched from European high society to the Artois brewing empire, before finally reaching the bluffs of Esparza.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of bluff

Verb

Arsenal sustained multiple injuries in the goalkeeping department last year, with Manuela Zinsberger sidelined with an anterior cruciate ligament issue, and want to avoid a similar situation.

— Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Jones hopes the study finds improvements to the current system Charlotte Water works under, and that the state avoids overinvesting into industries that take up a lot of water such as data centers.

— Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026

Definition of avoid

Noun

Trump made half-hearted feints to target Wall Street, through proposals like curbing defense contractor stock buybacks and foreign job outsourcing, but there’s been no real follow through on any of these policies.

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
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

Definition of feint

Noun

Instead of communicating with the other operator to decide who will make the dodge, Starlink satellites automatically avoid other objects — both space debris fragments or operational satellites — whenever there is a conjunction alert.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 July 2026
But using DMs sent by trolls to minimize the on-court treatment of the league’s biggest star is a dodge.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of dodge

Verb

Landlords found other ways to circumvent the law, such as pressuring residents into making side payments and stalling paperwork.

— Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
The lawsuit, filed in January, originally claimed that unnamed whistleblowers had uncovered WhatsApp’s ability to circumvent the encryption.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 24 July 2026

Definition of circumvent

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