END-RUN Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of end run

as in bluff

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verb

as in to evade

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Recent Examples of end run

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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run

Noun

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky immediately called Putin’s bluff and offered to meet him there to talk peace.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
More directly across the river is the Menard Correctional Center, the oldest and largest prison in Illinois, and just up the bluff from there is Fort Kaskaskia, high above the Mississippi.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of bluff

Verb

Charges include one felony count each for evading a peace officer and evading an officer while driving the wrong way.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
After evading suspicion for years, in part because of her disarming, matronly demeanor, Puente was ultimately arrested.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 7 July 2026

Definition of evade

Verb

After Betts’ single allowed the Dodgers to take the lead, Tanner Scott (13) shut down the Rockies with back-to-back strikeouts, avoiding the team’s eighth series loss of the season.

— Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Refrain from entering water that might carry an electric current and avoid walking through floodwaters.

— NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026

Definition of avoid

Noun

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
In the 2002 World Cup final, Ronaldo’s second goal for Brazil arrived after a beautiful feint from Rivaldo.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 23 June 2026

Definition of feint

Verb

New research, however, suggests our planet has a better chance of escaping that fiery end than previously thought.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 8 July 2026
But Márquez escaped when Nolan Arenado lined a ball up the middle that second baseman Sung-Mun Song caught and ran to step on the bag for a double play.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

Definition of escape

Noun

After missing a penalty in the game’s third minute, Messi rebounded with a strike from 15 yards away in the 38th minute and an unreal dodge of multiple Austrian defenders for a second goal in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
Maybe jump the fence over to his left and get out of dodge.

— Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of dodge

Verb

The case garnered national interest because Oregon's new law targets the loopholes large staffing firms have been employing to circumvent state corporate medicine laws.

— Alex Olgin, NPR, 3 July 2026
The amendments would also give the commissioner power to demand information from third parties, including age assurance technology providers, to test claims made by platforms about how children continued to circumvent the ban.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of circumvent

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