end run 1 of 2

noun

Definition of end runnext
as in bluff

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end-run

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verb

as in to evade

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Recent Examples of end run
Noun
These tools are best used by professionals in the service of their profession, not as a clever end run around it, and certainly not as a path to eventually replacing it. — ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2026 The Supreme Court would eventually be asked to bless this end run around its previous decisions — not just Citizens United, but related rulings from 1976 and 2010. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
His caucus sees that as an end-run around TABOR’s requirement to take tax increases to voters. — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2026 Johnson earlier Wednesday morning urged GOP caucus members not to join Democrats in the procedural end-run around him. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for end run
Recent Examples of Synonyms for end run
  1. bluff
  2. evade
  3. fetch
  4. avoid
  5. feint
  6. escape
  7. dodge
  8. circumvent
Noun
  • The village’s historic pedestrian downtown, also known as Quadrado—a grassy square with a centuries-old whitewashed chapel on a bluff overlooking the bright-blue sea—is a 20-minute car ride away through a narrow dirt road.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Paramount insiders continue to insist the notion of Ellison’s Golden State exit wasn’t a bluff or a threat.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of bluff
Verb
  • Yet Iran’s regime has developed sophisticated networks to combat and evade sanctions.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Young rolled to his right, evading Aidan Hutchinson’s pressure, and threw a perfect pass along the sideline in which McMillan stretched his arms and hauled in the catch using all 6-foot-4 of him, his toes to his fingertips.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of evade
Noun
  • Carmy and Syd as a couple is the equivalent of fetch.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • Use this toy to play fetch with your dog on land or in the water.
    — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 26 June 2026
Definition of fetch
Verb
  • Rates actually continued to increase after the Society of Surgical Oncology adopted the guidelines in 2016, even though patients who received the biopsy were not more likely to survive or avoid recurrence.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Clapp said the firm focuses on avoiding highly leveraged companies and floating-rate debt, instead favoring investments with dependable cash flows to support clients over the long term.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of avoid
Noun
  • Repeatedly, the novel feints from social debates about education and therefore about power, money, and assimilation.
    — Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • His dribbling style, too, is full of jinks and feints rather than explosive speed.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of feint
Verb
  • However, the abduction goes wrong, and Jeong-yo is shot in his attempt to escape.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The Fasano Trancoso is an idyllic getaway for those looking to escape the madding crowds.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of escape
Noun
  • Waggling the controller for light and heavy attacks while pressing the buttons to parry, blow, and dodge reminded me of the motion-control scheme Capcom implemented for Street Fighter 6's Switch 2 port.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
  • While the fuel-oil tax-dodge is a relatively recent phenomenon, purloined Mexican fuel, known simply as huachicol, has circulated for decades.
    — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of dodge
Verb
  • Whether or not Hal was right to entice Zoe (upon whose shoulders the carnage ultimately falls), his decision to circumvent the Guardians’ chain of command is what ultimately leads to countless deaths and his imprisonment for reckless endangerment.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Fragmentation has allowed many powerful figures to get their message across by circumventing traditional media outlets whose questions many CEOs and politicians don’t want to answer.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of circumvent

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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end%20run. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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