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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end runs
Noun
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Across the other devices, both Mac and Wearables, Home & Accessories sales declined year over year, while the market anticipated slight growth.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Micro-robots and devices To demonstrate practical applications, the team fabricated several working devices.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Unfortunately, Stanton is so eager to build his overarching vision that the film avoids spending time with any of these people.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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This neutral boundary-setting phrase avoids unnecessary over-explaining.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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One of the top projects in front of SANDAG, the regional planning agency, is relocating two miles of rail off the Del Mar bluffs, including a so far contentious process of selecting a new route.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
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Start this portion of the Florida National Scenic Trail—the Florida Trail, for short—from Southwest 79th Terrace in Jasper, then hike past cypress trees and limestone bluffs on the nearly eight-mile one-way trip to Holton Creek River Camp.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Unlike nitrogen, which easily escapes from soil into the air or groundwater, phosphorus sticks to soil particles.—
Dinesh Phuyal,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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When air leaks through that shell, heated or cooled air escapes, and the HVAC system has to work harder to keep up.—
Brynn Cooksey,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Khamenei has made feints and tactical adjustments.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Experts who spoke to Flow Space are hopeful that these new approvals will provide the necessary tools to treat a disease that evades treatment by constantly mutating.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
16 Dec. 2025
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In the film, Sea-Based X-Band Radar detects a missile flying across the Pacific Ocean toward Chicago that later evades interception.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Determined to find their way back to their humans, the wise Shadow, the sarcastic Sassy, and the impulsive Chance attempt to navigate their way home using only their wiles and each other.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
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That Hedda has forged such a life for herself is a testament to her wiles — no one is more adept at delivering acidic barbs cloaked by a friendly hand on the shoulder.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Marion’s light voice eludes him, as if children exist in a frequency to which Jim is not attuned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The series looks at the ramifications of a technology that still eludes a portion of the continent via recurring rolling blackouts.—
Thomas Patier,
Artforum,
27 Jan. 2026
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