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Recent Examples of end run
Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
In April of 2024, voucher supporters tried an end run around the petition.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 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
Carroll County commissioners are working to tighten regulations banning solar facilities on county farmland, as companies turn to the state for approval and make an end run around county officials.
—Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
In April of 2024, voucher supporters tried an end run around the petition.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 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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Coffee badgers are often turned in by co-workers who resent having to comply with office attendance directives while others evade them, Nickson said.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
21 Jan. 2025
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The driver, identified as 43-year-old Nana Oppong-Bonsu of East Hartford, was arrested and charged with evading responsibility.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
18 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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Remember to keep a thorough record of your communication in writing to avoid any misunderstandings.—
Christopher Elliott The Travel Troubleshooter,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2025
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President-elect Trump wants congressional Republicans to figure out a way to avoid a default on the national debt after venting his frustration with the Senate GOP over their failure to raise the debt limit as part of a government-funding package last month.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
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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The 48 men were arrested by Thai authorities 11 years ago after crossing the border to Thailand in an attempt to escape persecution in China.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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At the time, the German marque was based in Gmünd, Austria, having left Stuttgart to escape the Allied troops who were on their way to defeat Hitler.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
22 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 27 Jan. 2025.
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