END-RUN Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of end run

as in bluff

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end-run

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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

CyberGuy has covered similar sextortion emails that use personal details and Google Maps images to make a bluff feel disturbingly personal.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Set on 175 bluff-top acres above the Pacific in Dana Point, the resort’s rhythm is shaped by the ocean.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 31 July 2026

Definition of bluff

Verb

Officials say that has made cross-border cooperation increasingly important, as criminal groups frequently move people and goods across neighboring countries to evade law enforcement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Not long afterward, the group heard drones in the sky and started moving again, perhaps to evade capture by the military.

— Alexis Okeowo, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of evade

Verb

The best way to avoid West Nile virus infection is to take precautionary measures to avoid mosquito bites.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Kremer has allowed 12 home runs in seven starts this year, avoiding a home run in only one of those turns and ceding multiple homers in three of them.

— Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of avoid

Noun

Trump made half-hearted feints to target Wall Street, through proposals like curbing defense contractor stock buybacks and foreign job outsourcing, but there’s been no real follow through on any of these policies.

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
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

Definition of feint

Verb

For those looking to escape the hordes, the Park Lane, set north of central Copenhagen, offers a pocket of peace.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
To escape the CapEx trap, health systems must demand AI architectures that are native to the cloud, inherently interoperable and designed for execution, not just conversation.

— Sridhar Yerramreddy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of escape

Noun

Instead of communicating with the other operator to decide who will make the dodge, Starlink satellites automatically avoid other objects — both space debris fragments or operational satellites — whenever there is a conjunction alert.

— Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 15 July 2026
But using DMs sent by trolls to minimize the on-court treatment of the league’s biggest star is a dodge.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of dodge

Verb

The new cap would then presumably include many of the third-party name, image, likeness deals that circumvent the current cap — many arranged by schools' multimedia rights groups.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
There has been an ongoing war between some employees and companies to circumvent the intent of return-to-office mandates.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of circumvent

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