Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for end runs
Noun
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Perhaps most striking were allegations that Navarro bought silicone pregnancy props and tracking devices.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Designed for modern professionals, this sleek backpack features anti-theft design elements to keep laptops and other devices extra secure.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Human interest Sending robots to space avoids having to deal with risks to human health.—
Scott Solomon,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2026
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Keeping your conversion within a range that avoids IRMAA thresholds protects your Medicare costs alongside your tax bill.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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By night, enjoy the wavy shoreline and ochre limestone bluffs from your campsite.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Another fence is causing trouble in Del Mar, where residents went to court a few years ago to stop the installation of a safety fence along the railroad tracks on the seaside bluffs.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Her grim discovery ensures Toya will meet the same fate, and in the last episode, as the murderer escapes through the window, Hole discovers the killer’s final victim in the bathroom, tied by her neck to the shower.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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At the best Iceland Airbnbs, nature is the number one amenity, but city escapes offer plenty of perks too.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Scarpetta contains the standard allotment of feints and false leads.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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But Fogelman’s feints are so dependent on worn tropes that, in the three-part Season 2 premiere that is now streaming on Hulu, Paradise becomes not just predictable, but also kind of dull.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But even if Booker’s appearance evades the FCC’s scrutiny, the commission is closely watching TV talk programs, with The View in particular a subject of interest.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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But how does one set out to write a biography about the creation of an author who not only can’t be reached, but actively evades the spotlight?—
Costa Beavin Pappas,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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A’zion, as the protagonist’s married lover, who can match his manipulative wiles beat for beat, conveys an exciting, bittersweet sense of the wheels turning beneath deceptive surfaces.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
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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
Verb
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Willa eludes Lockjaw's goons with the help of Deandra (Regina Hall), a French 75 member, and finds refuge with the Sisters of the Brave Beaver, a convent of sympathetic (if exhausted) nuns.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Mar. 2026
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The novel is a modern love story about two friends who meet as children and reunite as adults to create video games, finding an intimacy in digital storytelling that eludes them in their real lives.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2026
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