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Recent Examples of end run
Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 4 Dec. 2025
Without the end run, a bid to be elected to a third term would directly contravene the Twenty-second Amendment.
—Michael Luo, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025
With a global start in excess of half a million, the sequel is on track to blow past the first film's global end-run of $1 billion.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Many data brokers in turn sell the information to federal agencies, including ICE and other parts of the DHS, offering an all-too-easy end run around restrictions on those agencies’ domestic spying.
—Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 4 Dec. 2025
Without the end run, a bid to be elected to a third term would directly contravene the Twenty-second Amendment.
—Michael Luo, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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
With a global start in excess of half a million, the sequel is on track to blow past the first film's global end-run of $1 billion.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
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One afternoon, in Jasper, Gordon Watkins, who runs the Buffalo River Watershed Alliance, pointed to the limestone bluffs along the Buffalo National River.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Perched on a bluff that overlooks Irish Beach, a private area within Manchester State Park, the home boasts an unobstructed, 180-degree view of the rugged Mendocino coastline.—
Kelsey Mulvey,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The records also show Renfro is facing several other charges from previous cases, including assault causing bodily injury, assault causing bodily injury-family violence, evading arrest or detention, and continuous violence against the family.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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This was an incredibly complex and dangerous operation for the rescue team and for that missing Air Force aviator who had evaded capture behind enemy lines for days.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Games like tug‑of‑war, indoor fetch, puzzle toys and hide‑and‑seek can provide both physical movement and mental engagement—no snow boots required.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Retrievers, initially bred for hunting, enjoy hiking and playing fetch, says Joey Morris, animal behaviorist and dog trainer at OverWatch K9 Academy.—
Taylor Grothe,
Parents,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Takaoka played a long arcing ball-ahead to Ocampo, who avoided goalkeeper James Pantemis — who had charged off his line — and rolled a shot from the edge of the penalty area inside the back post and into a wide-open net.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Refrain from entering water that might carry an electric current and avoid walking through floodwaters.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 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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One appears to be leaning back in a feint or parry — described as resembling the perspective of a spectator at the amphitheater, suggesting the artist may have been drawing from memory after watching a real fight.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In the third inning Rocker was faced with runners on the corners with Spencer Steer up to bat with two outs, and Rocker retired the left fielder in three pitches, ending with a ground out to third base to escape the inning with no damage.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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Angels reliever Chase Silseth escaped a two-on, no-out jam in the seventh.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sometimes the dodge is as simple as the end of a scene.—
Lily Meyer,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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Overshooting a dodge or whiffing a swing usually leads to contact damage, followed by an enemy attack, which will stun you for a few frames for them to reposition, causing even more contact damage as the foe decides to move through you.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The unifying aspect of the recent cases is that they're crafted to circumvent Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which Congress passed in 1996 and President Bill Clinton signed into law.—
Jennifer Elias,Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
3 Apr. 2026
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Congress is on a two-week recess, but the Senate and House could move to fund all of DHS except ICE and CBP as early as Thursday using a procedure known as unanimous consent that allows the chambers to circumvent formal voting as long as no member objects.—
Sam Gringlas,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2026
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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