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Recent Examples of end run
Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
Amazon tried to do an end run around this with its try-before-you-buy service where a customer could order up to six items, keep them for seven days to try on, then return the items not wanted.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Lori Rampani, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
Large Chinese banks tightened transactions with Russia in response to sanctions pressures, but at the same time numerous Chinese cut-outs and smaller banks became involved in creating ways to end-run them.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Another way to do an end run around sodium is to get your crunch from veggies, which get extra points for also providing heart-healthy potassium.
—Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
Amazon tried to do an end run around this with its try-before-you-buy service where a customer could order up to six items, keep them for seven days to try on, then return the items not wanted.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
What would be very dangerous is for the new Republican Senate leadership to end-run that entire process to try to short circuit to either not have hearings or not have votes on the Senate floor to confirm these members, Van Hollen said.
—Lori Rampani, Baltimore Sun, 14 Nov. 2024
Large Chinese banks tightened transactions with Russia in response to sanctions pressures, but at the same time numerous Chinese cut-outs and smaller banks became involved in creating ways to end-run them.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
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The trail ends with views from a bluff overlooking the Chesapeake Bay.—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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It’s situated right on an oceanfront bluff on the island of Antigua in the country Antigua and Barbuda.—
Robin Raven,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Most of these are fine goals, and some (such as finally terminating the university’s efforts to evade a Supreme Court–ordered end to its use of race discrimination in admissions) ought to be uncontroversial.—
The Editors,
National Review,
16 Apr. 2025
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Security scrutinized: Suspect eluded officers protecting Shapiro Balmer started fires while troopers searched Troopers were able to safely evacuate Shapiro's family and others in the mansion, but the fire raises the question of how Balmer was able to evade security.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Lake Erie, the shallowest of the Great Lakes, also posed significant dangers due to its long fetch.—
Caitlin Looby,
Journal Sentinel,
25 Nov. 2024
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Swells generated by Isaac and a large wind fetch from another weather system are affecting portions of the coast of Bermuda and could spread into the Azores by this weekend.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
26 Sep. 2024
Verb
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Houston threw numbers behind the ball for most of the game to avoid getting hit by the deadly counterattacks and transitions KC has been known for.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
20 Apr. 2025
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Get to an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building and avoid windows.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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One feint sent a Brazilian defender sliding out of the play, and Thompson exploited the space left behind.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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While Cejudo looked to use movement to get his opponent to commit to feints, Song remained focused while throwing and landing more strikes than his opponent while at the same time thwarting the three takedowns Cejudo, a former Olympic gold medalist in wrestling, attempted.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2025
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No one was harmed during the incident, and the suspect escaped.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The current preferred dodge in the party is that tariffs can be good and should be used to protect certain domestic workers, but that is not practically different from the Republican line.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
11 Apr. 2025
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Swindlers have now moved on with phony dodges using the nation’s tollway system as an unwilling partner.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In 2025, anticipate a more surgical integration of AI with real-world systems, sparking innovation built on the increasingly sophisticated replication of agentic workloads, or else technology circumventing the need for AI altogether.—
Ruth Foxe Blader,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Lutnick said a comprehensive approach was needed so that small nations could not be used by larger countries to circumvent the tariffs.—
Douglas Gillison, Ted Hesson,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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