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Recent Examples of end run
Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 May 2025
Tuesday’s announcement represents an end run around normal policy process for vaccine recommendations in the US, experts told Stat News.
—Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Apr. 2025
Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
To prevent the government from using Section 702 as an end-run around these constitutional and statutory requirements, Congress included two key provisions in the law.
—Elizabeth Goitein, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2023
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Noun
Here comes another start-up aiming to empower creators — and do an end run around traditional Hollywood studios.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 May 2025
Tuesday’s announcement represents an end run around normal policy process for vaccine recommendations in the US, experts told Stat News.
—Cameron Peters, Vox, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
The federal administration is proposing an end-run that ignores the hard lessons of the past.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
To prevent the government from using Section 702 as an end-run around these constitutional and statutory requirements, Congress included two key provisions in the law.
—Elizabeth Goitein, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
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This wide, unruffled stretch of water framed by wooded bluffs is prime bald eagle territory.—
Giovanna Dell'orto,
Twin Cities,
13 July 2025
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Thus, the new project is to be built 25 feet from the bluff.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 July 2025
Verb
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Cromartie also took a plea deal for charges including strangulation, third degree assault of a police officer, first degree wanton endangerment, disarming a peace officer, fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest and violation of a foreign protective order, according to court records.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
18 July 2025
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Of late, Netanyahu has attempted to fudge the issue by pushing through legislation that would create a technical process for drafting the ultra-Orthodox but in practice make the new requirements easy to evade.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
17 July 2025
Noun
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Whatever price the land fetches will be divided among the condominium owners, only some of whom lived on the property before it was condemned.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
27 June 2025
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After being made to feel guilty for not paying her any attention, the owners felt obliged to continue their game of fetch and entertain the feline, who is clearly a brilliant actress.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Experts say Camp Mystic's requests to amend the FEMA map could have been an attempt to avoid the requirement to carry flood insurance, to lower the camp's insurance premiums or to pave the way for renovating or adding new structures under less costly regulations.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 July 2025
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While every Italian city is unique in its own ways, there are a couple of ways to avoid being marked as a tourist on your next trip to sample La Dolce Vita.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
12 July 2025
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Still, the film thankfully skirts the edge of any dismaying tropes and instead pays off his various noble feints.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
30 June 2025
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Body feints are still part of Messi’s late-career repertoire, as well.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
14 June 2025
Verb
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The project explores the tension between love and loneliness, questioning whether one escapes solitude by helping others find meaningful relationships.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
21 July 2025
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Eventually, in a moment of crisis, Titch also escapes with him on it, kicking off what will become a wild continent-hopping odyssey.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
21 July 2025
Noun
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Dark Souls’ plodding sword-and-board combat disappeared in favor of a lightning fast rhythm of slashes, bullets, and dodges.—
Luke Winkie,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2025
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The film is notable for a dodge ball scene that goes disgustingly awry, a long gay kiss — an unheard-of smooch in 1981 — between Andrew and a bully, and for Arngrim’s goth-twink fabulous costumes, including the silkiest cape.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
Verb
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The administration’s attacks on science demand a response from Congress, especially when political appointees try to circumvent the law.—
Matt Motta,
Scientific American,
10 July 2025
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The front companies are designed to help Iran circumvent U.S. sanctions by using offshore accounts to facilitate payments from refineries purchasing the sanctioned oil, according to the Treasury Department.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
9 July 2025
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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