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Recent Examples of end run
Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Thus, the law sought to make an end run around Young by preventing state officials from directly enforcing the law.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
Elizabeth Goitein, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2023
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
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Noun
In April of 2024, voucher supporters tried an end run around the petition.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Thus, the law sought to make an end run around Young by preventing state officials from directly enforcing the law.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
Verb
This gap creates an easy end-run around the law’s protections: companies that are barred from selling data to the government directly can effectively launder it through data brokers.
—Elizabeth Goitein, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2023
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
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Dense residential neighborhoods and freeways sit directly beneath towering bluffs populated by mountain lions, which occasionally hop the fences of backyard swimming pools to feast on domestic cats and dogs.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
Newsweek,
10 Jan. 2025
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Each time, the bluff was called, and Ukraine was able to better defend its territory. . . .—
Michael Poznansky,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Jan. 2025
Verb
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More than 180 oil-carrying vessels that are suspected to be part of a shadow fleet utilized by the Kremlin to evade oil sanctions as well as traders, oil field service firms and Russian energy officials are also targeted by the new sanctions.—
AAMER MADHANI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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Some, their principles unbreakable, have to live their philosophy, not just to get to the core of it but to evade the accusation of hypocrisy.—
Emily Zarevich,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Some love playing fetch, while others gravitate toward squeaky toys.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Bennett is ready to make fetch happen at Christmastime!—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
21 Dec. 2024
Verb
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When Russia targets other European neighbors, though, the West resorts to its own euphemisms to avoid directly acknowledging what Putin is doing.—
Phillips Payson O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
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Expert instructors will teach you how to get started, practical uses, tips for effective prompt-writing, and mistakes to avoid.—
Jeremy Schifeling, Contributor,
CNBC,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Skeptics have pointed out that Kim includes in his speech every year some kind of friendly feint toward the South.—
John Delury,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2018
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Their books’ fantasies of martyrdom and religious metaphysics are a feint so as not to recognize the need for socialism at home and abroad, and to obscure American stupidity.—
Mark Greif,
Harper's Magazine,
26 July 2024
Verb
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Creating Designated Quiet Zones Allocating specific areas as quiet zones helps employees escape overstimulation and focus on their tasks in peace.—
Shaun Arora,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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The back of the Bedrock also includes a massive molle panel for mounting modular gear on the exterior, providing further storage options for adventurers who want to escape for a few nights, weeks, or even full time.—
Michael Van Runkle,
Robb Report,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The developers have also added new skills related to the dodge roll, such as the ability to leave behind an illusory copy of your character to act as a decoy, which make the new mechanic feel essential to the modernized gameplay the sequel implements.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
6 Dec. 2024
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In some other cases, the artists knew about the project and could use it as a tax dodge of their own.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
18 Dec. 2024
Verb
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To circumvent the remaining security gaps, organizations must extend their strategy and adopt another dimension to all zero-trust approaches: behavioral understanding.—
Marcus Fowler,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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And how many Eastwood movies have ended with their protagonists forced to circumvent the forces of authority to achieve justice?—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
13 Jan. 2025
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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