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Recent Examples of end run
Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
The sea may provide an end run for the West in escaping China’s monopolization of terrestrial mining.
—Greg Autry, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Kim Zetter, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2016
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
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Noun
In interviews, professors who specialize in bankruptcy said that the bonuses appeared to be an end run around Kennedy’s reforms.
—Bob Fernandez, ProPublica, 17 Dec. 2024
The sea may provide an end run for the West in escaping China’s monopolization of terrestrial mining.
—Greg Autry, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
The writs aren’t intended to be an end-run around existing statutes but simply to give courts a tool to enforce existing statutory authorities, particularly when there is a gap in what those statutes cover.
—Kim Zetter, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2016
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
Noun
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But with the White House continuing to insist that Goldberg lied and that nothing was classified, The Atlantic called their bluff and published them in full, complete with missile-launch schedules and juvenile fist-bump emojis.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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The idea of moving the tracks off the bluff into a tunnel has been around for many years.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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DeAngelo evaded prosecution for years while committing a string of murders and rapes across the Golden State between 1974 and 1986, including two murders and nine kidnappings in Sacramento County alone.—
Lia Russell,
Sacramento Bee,
22 Mar. 2025
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No criticism about images today can evade the question of improbable scale.—
Emmanuel Iduma,
ARTnews.com,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Animal lovers have been left in stitches by a dog whose joy for playing fetch comes out in an extraordinary way.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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Too often, these virtual worlds are padded out simply to make the experience longer, inundated with enemy camps to take down and fruitless fetch quests that all feel copy-and-paste.—
Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Soundproofing your apartment and crate-training your pup will help your dog bark less and avoid complaints from angry neighbors.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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The quick turnaround with results can also help avoid patients being administered incorrect antibiotics.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Mar. 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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In fact, research shows that beyond escaping poverty, additional wealth has little impact on long-term emotional well-being.—
Shane Enete,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Yolanda, who escaped across the border into Mexico later that day, was named a primary suspect.—
Stephen Sorace,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Disliking the idea of purchasing citizenship, Schneider said Trump is establishing a tax dodge for gold card recipients.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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By William Baldwin, Senior Contributor Three weeks remain for end-of-year tax dodges.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes,
4 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The comedians who most adeptly circumvent this problem seem to be the ones who collaborate actively with their partners.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2025
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Last week, the Daily News reported Daughtry, who lives on Long Island, was granted a waiver to circumvent the New York City residency requirement that comes with a deputy mayor post.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
25 Mar. 2025
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