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Recent Examples of end run
Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
Amazon tried to do an end run around this with its try-before-you-buy service where a customer could order up to six items, keep them for seven days to try on, then return the items not wanted.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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
Another way to do an end run around sodium is to get your crunch from veggies, which get extra points for also providing heart-healthy potassium.
—Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News, Boston Herald, 9 Feb. 2025
Amazon tried to do an end run around this with its try-before-you-buy service where a customer could order up to six items, keep them for seven days to try on, then return the items not wanted.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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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Overtourism is to blame That year, a railway company also launched a probe against four popular YouTubers over their stunt to evade fares on public transport, according to local media.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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The group has claimed dozens of strikes against Israel throughout the war in Gaza, some of which have managed to evade the country's state-of-the-art air defense systems.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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This results in faster data extraction and improved usability in SAC. Improved Performance And Data Replication • Unlike OData’s real-time fetch, the SAP BW connection replicates S/4HANA data into SAC, ensuring faster reporting without impacting system performance.—
Govinda Rao Banothu,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Its mission design also suffered, inundating players with mindless and repetitive fetch quests.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In another legend, the monk was said to have cut off his eyelids to avoid falling asleep during his meditation, one explanation for the doll’s wide-eyed stare.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Facing the Marlins for the second time in a week, the Mets (7-3) avoided facing ace Sandy Alcantara, with the 2022 Cy Young Award winner having been added to the paternity list earlier in the day.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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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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Condo prices are plummeting across Florida as homeowners flood the market with new inventory in a last-ditch attempt to escape rising fees on their units, according to new Redfin data.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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The most prepared billionaires have multiple passports, physical gold reserves in Swiss vaults, and escape routes that don’t rely on digital transactions.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Swindlers have now moved on with phony dodges using the nation’s tollway system as an unwilling partner.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2025
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But for those less confident in parrying, perfect dodges cover even more distance and the ability to dodge through projectiles.—
Scott McRae,
Rolling Stone,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In August, de Moraes increased the financial penalties and implemented a nationwide ban on X. Musk briefly circumvented the ban through Starlink, which provides internet service to many Brazilians, but he was evidently rattled.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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European companies might circumvent President Donald Trump's anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) program, a legal expert has told Newsweek.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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