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Recent Examples of end run
Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
By establishing a 30,000-bed ICE facility on the Guantanamo Bay naval base, Trump has made an end run around the power Congress specifically gave itself as a check on the executive branch.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
At the end of the first quarter, some 23 states had fewer than 1,000 electric vehicles on offer, excluding brands like Tesla that do an end-run around traditional dealerships.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
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Noun
The idea is to end run the bureaucracy for subsidies for housing and just give people direct, fast cash for covering rent.
—Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
By establishing a 30,000-bed ICE facility on the Guantanamo Bay naval base, Trump has made an end run around the power Congress specifically gave itself as a check on the executive branch.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
Verb
Among other loopholes, these end-runs are fueled by sweeping post-COVID legislative enactments from an over-spending, highly interventionist Congress.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
At the end of the first quarter, some 23 states had fewer than 1,000 electric vehicles on offer, excluding brands like Tesla that do an end-run around traditional dealerships.
—Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
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Now Trump is left flailing as China calls his bluff and America’s allies look on with a mix of dismay and horror.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Europe would have to hope that Russia would not call its bluff by seizing European territory with conventional forces and nuclear threats, either for the sake of Putin’s expansionist ambitions or to attempt to shatter the NATO alliance once and for all.—
Mark S. Bell,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Prostate cancer treatment Cancer employs various tactics to evade the immune system, including producing checkpoint proteins that inhibit T cells from eliminating threats.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2025
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But then that peripheral shooter will get lucky, evade three hits in a row, and suddenly the boss, perhaps sensing a soft target, is at that fighter's back.—
Kevin Purdy,
Ars Technica,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Triple Action Brush Roll will play fetch with clumps of pet hair, and the extension wand works wonders on upholstery—it’s not called Pet TurboEraser Tool for nothing.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
9 Apr. 2025
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The west-southwest winds today will blow over the entire fetch of Lake Erie, helping to shove the water towards the eastern end of the lake.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In another legend, the monk was said to have cut off his eyelids to avoid falling asleep during his meditation, one explanation for the doll’s wide-eyed stare.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Facing the Marlins for the second time in a week, the Mets (7-3) avoided facing ace Sandy Alcantara, with the 2022 Cy Young Award winner having been added to the paternity list earlier in the day.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But the stutter or feint is slightly different: rather than where the kick is going, this is designed to fool the goalkeeper about when the kick is going to happen.—
Nick Miller,
The Athletic,
9 July 2024
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Trump has made some rhetorical feints toward Obama’s worldview, echoing his critiques of U.S. interventionism.—
Ben Rhodes,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Aug. 2020
Verb
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Patrick escaped slavery but returned to Ireland later.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA TODAY,
16 Mar. 2025
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Millions of travelers are heading south for spring break right now to escape the final clutches of winter.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Swindlers have now moved on with phony dodges using the nation’s tollway system as an unwilling partner.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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But for those less confident in parrying, perfect dodges cover even more distance and the ability to dodge through projectiles.—
Scott McRae,
Rolling Stone,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In August, de Moraes increased the financial penalties and implemented a nationwide ban on X. Musk briefly circumvented the ban through Starlink, which provides internet service to many Brazilians, but he was evidently rattled.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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European companies might circumvent President Donald Trump's anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program, a legal expert has told Newsweek.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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