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Recent Examples of end run
Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Critics call the move an end run around due process and fault the administration for using ICE officers who are often not in uniform and may be wearing masks.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 8 June 2025
Danny Bakst, Fortune, 26 June 2025
The administration appears to be attempting a constitutional end-run, claiming emergency authority while avoiding the formal legal processes that would actually justify such deployments.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
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Noun
Harvard challenged the move, saying the president was attempting an end run around the temporary court order.
—Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
Critics call the move an end run around due process and fault the administration for using ICE officers who are often not in uniform and may be wearing masks.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 8 June 2025
Verb
Kids who try to end-run this will have their streams removed and live chat disabled.
—Danny Bakst, Fortune, 26 June 2025
The administration appears to be attempting a constitutional end-run, claiming emergency authority while avoiding the formal legal processes that would actually justify such deployments.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
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Greenwood State Beach unfolds below the bluff, a crescent of sand often empty but for driftwood piles and the occasional bonfire ring.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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That kind of in-the-moment bluff is what makes Parvati Shallow a scary, all-time great player.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rather than provide food or temporary shelter for such workers in the colder months, municipalities would round them up and remove them, to save money and evade any responsibility to aid them.—
Time,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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In Milwaukee, Kellner said that around 33% of bus riders have evaded paying fares in 2025 but that the agency has identified a few cost-neutral strategies targeted at reducing fare evasion down to 30% by September 2026, the same rate of evasion busses saw in 2024.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It's also expected to be able to tackle watering duties, weeding or picking flowers/fruits, and is even reported capable of interacting with pets – perhaps walking pooch while trimming the lawn or playing fetch.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
11 Sep. 2025
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One of the many shortcomings of the feline species is its disinterest in playing fetch.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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However, by sharing so much of Lisa's code, the interface practically demanded a pointing device, and the mouse was selected, even though Raskin had so carefully tried to avoid it.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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These writers will work under the latest Public Television Freelance Agreement, which the WGA East ratified in December after a lengthy and sometimes contentious negotiation cycle with PBS, narrowly avoiding a strike.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Starting a robotaxi service is not for the feint of heart or small of wallet.—
Brad Templeton,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Khamenei has made feints and tactical adjustments.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Most want to see better protections and less exploitation of fighters so that they are exposed to the least amount of danger in a sport that cannot escape it.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There's also knee slides, double jumps, and quick-dodges in all directions.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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The former is what the first game had, and is more meant for short-range dashes and dodges.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Clippers have publicly suggested that there is evidence the team did not circumvent salary rules.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Taylor and Travis fall somewhere between the two, with their previous owner evidently looking to circumvent the shelter's current system for taking in pets.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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