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Recent Examples of end run
Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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
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
The other is that Trump didn't try to end run the process to force Gaetz down the throats of the American legal community.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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
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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Its bluffs and beaches became a vast cemetery, volcanic ash and black sand burying the dead.—
Hannah Beech,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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No one disputes that the bluff and beach closures to accommodate the presence and natural life activities of the pinniped constrain unlimited human presence.—
Bill Tippets,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Colt escapes by initially driving a speedboat while facing away from the controls, evades his pursuers by zigging and zagging through the river, and then purposefully drives his boat into a floating pontoon, faking his own death via the gigantic explosion.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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Now, however, DHS states that the previous rules hindered law enforcement efforts by creating sites where people without legal status could evade capture.—
Jackie Fortiér,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
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Louie's owner's TikTok account is full of the dog up to mischief, digging in the garden with his owner, watching TV, playing fetch, fooling around in the snow, and undergoing training.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Unfortunately, Hartford continues to avoid the heavy lifting that is required to have a successful system.—
Vincent Turley,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2025
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Deer can wreak havoc on your garden so growing deer-resistant groundcovers can be a good way to avoid browsing damage.—
Rita Pelczar,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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As the apparently info-poor future husband brushes off his well-meaning scene partner, Elle Duncan walks in and there’s another head feint at the S-E-X talk.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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 and had been kept in detention and legal limbo ever since.—
Kocha Olarn,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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But in 2023 she and her associate Jodi Hildebrandt were arrested for child abuse after one of Franke’s sons escaped from Hildebrandt’s home in Utah.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There's a double jump and a small dodge move that can be used in the air, in addition to wall running on select surfaces.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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High water levels can slow player movement during rainstorms in the forest, but it can be easily circumvented by using dodge rolls to traverse around quickly.—
Josh Broadwell,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The big picture: The White House is embarking on a broader effort to circumvent traditional media, including by inviting non-mainstream outlets into the press briefing room.—
Alex Isenstadt,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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Some researchers suspect the NIH's Federal Register freeze is an attempt to circumvent that ruling.—
Rob Stein,
NPR,
22 Feb. 2025
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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