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Recent Examples of end run
Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
This was a terrible loophole in the law, an end run on women’s rights.
—Glamour, 9 July 2024
Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
Some of these issues are attempts to do an end-run around the state compromise.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
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Noun
But the proposal garnered fierce early opposition from some local leaders, concerned the group was making an end run around the planning process, as well as environmental groups concerned about the loss of natural habitat.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
This was a terrible loophole in the law, an end run on women’s rights.
—Glamour, 9 July 2024
Verb
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
Some of these issues are attempts to do an end-run around the state compromise.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
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Good rattling/grunting setup: Wind in your face and rock bluff or stream at your back.Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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At the eastern tip of the Hamptons on Long Island, the Stone House in Montauk sits on 3.2 secluded acres near the edge of a 70-foot bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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Hezbollah fighters have been using pagers as a low-tech means of communication in an attempt to evade Israeli location-tracking, two sources familiar with the group’s operations told Reuters this year.Reuters, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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El Monte police said that charges of kidnapping and felony evading would be submitted to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Currently, a pound of lionfish meat fetches around $6, Beauford says.Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2024
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While movies fans have been saying it for years —fetch is one of the more memorable terms and lines spoken in a movie chock full of quotes — Chabert's daughter has now spoken it her.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
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Last year, France proposed a ban on social media for those under 15, though users were able to avoid the ban with parental consent.Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The MacBook and Mac mini have traditionally avoided the iPhone's rainbow of color options, usually sticking to sedate bare metal and gray or silver finishes.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Spain’s standout attacker at the tournament received the ball out wide, wrong-footed the defender with a brilliant feint and put a ball into the box which eventually trickled on to Celia Segura, who made no mistake from close range.Neel Shelat, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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But this gesture is rarely more than a feint, as the series never probes Haddix’s interiority.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024
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Firefighters rescued one person who was trapped and assisted others in escaping the building.Doha Madani, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Several passengers were either thrown out of the vehicle or escaped.Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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The finale ended on a cliffhanger, with Jakes cutting off his dreadlocks and blowing dodge with a cool $9 million in his pocket.Amber Dowling, TVLine, 28 Oct. 2024
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Combat, a rare low point of the original, returns in a newly scrappy guise: Each swing, dodge, and pull of the trigger is a moment of high-octane drama in itself.Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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It's since gotten harder to circumvent, but there are still ways to get around the ban.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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And while these models have stronger guardrails built in to prevent misuse, many people have found ways to ‘jailbreak’ them, effectively circumventing these guardrails.Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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