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end-run

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verb

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Recent Examples of end run
Noun
The videos were an end run around the news media and a break from presidential tradition, as CNN’s chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins noted on air. Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 2 Mar. 2026 But if so, the group is still adding shows without making any official declarations about an end run just yet. Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Feb. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
  • Calumet Avenue recently underwent a series of bluff stabilization projects.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The character had been written as white, but Zendaya tried out anyway; her auditioning called the bluff of liberal Hollywood.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Thousands of trucking companies racking up thousands of safety violations – poor maintenance, excessive driving hours, drug and alcohol use – all while evading federal enforcement.
    Ashley Velie, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The scooter rider managed to evade police by making a U-turn, cops said.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Games like tug‑of‑war, indoor fetch, puzzle toys and hide‑and‑seek can provide both physical movement and mental engagement—no snow boots required.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Retrievers, initially bred for hunting, enjoy hiking and playing fetch, says Joey Morris, animal behaviorist and dog trainer at OverWatch K9 Academy.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Yankees will look to avoid its first series sweep Sunday with Cam Schlittler on the mound against Tampa Bay’s Drew Rasmussen.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The troop carrier planes became bogged down in the soil and had to be destroyed by the US to avoid them falling into enemy hands, while new planes were flown in.
    The Week UK, TheWeek, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Scarpetta contains the standard allotment of feints and false leads.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
  • One appears to be leaning back in a feint or parry — described as resembling the perspective of a spectator at the amphitheater, suggesting the artist may have been drawing from memory after watching a real fight.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 9 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Rather than escape, the sheepherder accepts his death.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Police said another man and a woman escaped uninjured.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Pragmata controls like a dream, making every dodge, dip, and dive feel well-earned.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Sometimes the dodge is as simple as the end of a scene.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The Legislature has circumvented the ban by making K-12 vouchers available to students instead of funding private schools directly.
    Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Hughes accused Kennedy of making changes to the charter to circumvent the judge’s ruling and further Kennedy’s push to undermine confidence in vaccines.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 10 Apr. 2026

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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.

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