Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb Informal To bypass (an impediment) often by deceit or trickery.
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Examples
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Reporting from Sacramento- In what he called an end-run around Sacramento's partisan gridlock, Gov. his bid to raise taxes on high earners and boost the sales tax by a half-cent for the next five years.
News - latimes.com 2011
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Reporting from Sacramento- In what he called an end-run around Sacramento's partisan gridlock, Gov. his bid to raise taxes on high earners and boost the sales tax by a half-cent for the next five years.
News - latimes.com 2011
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Mr. Loughner's lawyers objected, saying the decision to force medication was an "end-run" around his right to contest the treatment in a court hearing on the matter.
Judge Says Prison Officials Can Forcibly Medicate Accused Tucson Shooter Tamara Audi 2011
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It's an interesting end-run around -- or perhaps mockery of -- the public bidding laws.
Paulson stadium deal funnels Portland tax money to New York (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Some plant critics are trying to do an end-run around the NRC by going to the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates the state's power market.
Nuclear Crisis Fuels Duel at Diablo Ben Casselman 2011
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Google is creating an end-run around the networks in cobbling together a "national inventory pool" of ad slots available over multiple cable and satellite operators.
Nathan Newman: How the Googlization of Television Will Destroy High Wage, Union Hollywood Nathan Newman 2012
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He acknowledges that both liberals and conservatives have turned to the Court to end-run Congress and state legislatures to achieve their means, and to some degree they've had some success.
Judicial Activism 2009
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Losing the PR campaign to force your seamless integration into the Church of Green has led to these people doing an end-run.
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Mr. Loughner's lawyers objected, saying the decision to force medication was an "end-run" around his right to contest the treatment in a court hearing on the matter.
Judge Says Prison Officials Can Forcibly Medicate Accused Tucson Shooter Tamara Audi 2011
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Your editorial " Housing Market Masochism " March 2 rightly notes President Obama's end-run around the Senate confirmation process with his appointment of Harvard Prof.
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