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Recent Examples of end run
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 Kennedy’s end run around his department’s own experts is part of a pattern that threatens the proper functioning of science. Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 31 May 2025
Verb
The federal administration is proposing an end-run that ignores the hard lessons of the past. Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025 To prevent the government from using Section 702 as an end-run around these constitutional and statutory requirements, Congress included two key provisions in the law. Elizabeth Goitein, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for end run
Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
  • The countries could simply call Trump’s bluff, Seigle argued, knowing that a severe trade disruption would hurt the US as much as their own economies.
    Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 24 July 2025
  • The floods of 1998 and 2002 had delivered water over the first couple of steps up from the bluff.
    Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Cromartie also took a plea deal for charges including strangulation, third degree assault of a police officer, first degree wanton endangerment, disarming a peace officer, fleeing or evading police, resisting arrest and violation of a foreign protective order, according to court records.
    Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2025
  • Rouse was charged in Kentucky with fleeing/evading, theft by unlawful taking (auto), possession of drug paraphernalia and public intoxication.
    Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • Whatever price the land fetches will be divided among the condominium owners, only some of whom lived on the property before it was condemned.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2025
  • After being made to feel guilty for not paying her any attention, the owners felt obliged to continue their game of fetch and entertain the feline, who is clearly a brilliant actress.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Close the blinds and curtains on sun-facing windows to block the sun's rays and avoid unwanted heat.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
  • Watch for weeds invading dormant lawn areas and manage these as soon as possible to avoid establishment.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • The gimmicks are effective, though a bit of a feint.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2025
  • Still, the film thankfully skirts the edge of any dismaying tropes and instead pays off his various noble feints.
    Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Playing their third road game in five days, the expansion team nearly fumbled a 17-point, first-half lead but got enough stops down the stretch to escape with a 68-67 win over the Washington Mystics on Thursday.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There’s a new dodge, but it can only be executed while aiming with a gun.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025
  • Dark Souls’ plodding sword-and-board combat disappeared in favor of a lightning fast rhythm of slashes, bullets, and dodges.
    Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The idea is to circumvent the lengthy process of developers and IP-owners finding one another and thrashing out a deal.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 15 July 2025
  • The nationwide experience with direct democracy and reproductive freedom since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade highlights the impact of the initiative process to check a state’s ability to circumvent the political will of the people.
    Mark Dorosin, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2025

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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

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