1
: a football play in which the ballcarrier attempts to run wide around the end of the line
specifically
: sweep sense 3e
2
: an evasive trick or maneuver
made an end run around the regulations
end-ran; end-running; end-runs
: to avoid artfully
end-running the law
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Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Thus, the law sought to make an end run around Young by preventing state officials from directly enforcing the law.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Aug. 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 April of 2024, voucher supporters tried an end run around the petition.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
Thus, the law sought to make an end run around Young by preventing state officials from directly enforcing the law.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Aug. 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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“End run.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/end%20run. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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