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Recent Examples of end run
Noun
This is an end run around regulations that are on the books today. Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2025 With the aid of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team, Trump appears to be attempting an end run that could succeed where his past attempts failed: by simply terminating the consulting contract that the Department of Energy relies on to develop and enforce the rules. Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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 But the measure, which is privileged under Senate rules, is the latest example of Democrats using the tools of the minority to end-run that control. David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for end run
Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
  • Worried about Michilimackinac’s vulnerability to attacks by American rebels, the British relocated the fort to the high bluffs of Mackinac Island in 1780 and shortened its name.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
  • Look to Flanagan, who probably won’t need to call any bluffs for the time being.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • Cochran drove in a manner that indicated to Taylor that the sheriff was trying to evade him, Welch said.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 28 June 2025
  • Last year, the Russians began including decoy drones with their Shahed drones to increase the likelihood of evading Ukrainian defenses.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • Bear the mastiff and Staffordshire bull terrier mix simply loves playing fetch and chasing after his toys outside.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • This can be through walking, obedience training, running, games of fetch, or swimming.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • The movie also acknowledges that there is a climate crisis, but tries to avoid having viewers frozen with fear.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025
  • But Augustin pleaded guilty to second-degree assault as a hate crime, avoiding even more prison time if he had been convicted by a Queens jury on the manslaughter charge.
    Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Body feints are still part of Messi’s late-career repertoire, as well.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 14 June 2025
  • That arc is echoed in the finale’s feint toward killing the Gemstone kids, who then rebound into maintaining their prestige and power in connection with their church.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 May 2025
Verb
  • Police on Friday captured one of the New Orleans parish inmates who escaped six weeks ago in a jailbreak Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry called the worst in recent state history.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 June 2025
  • There is nothing inherently better about Rowling’s magic that would lead its users to escape the loss of a personal sense of accomplishment—or knowledge, skills, or tactility—and as the novels show, the threat of overuse looms as greatly over their existence as our own.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Bravo's reality stars from franchises like The Real Housewives and Below Deck all gather under one roof to spill tea, dodge shade and serve looks.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • In doing so, Ford circumvented a hefty 25% tariff and only paid a 2.5% import duty.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 18 June 2025
  • Months later, Musk's bombastic plan to slash the bureaucracy has been blunted by a flurry of legal challenges that allege DOGE overstepped its authority, circumvented privacy laws, and disregarded protocols for shrinking the workforce.
    Stephen Fowler, NPR, 16 June 2025

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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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