end-run
Example Sentences
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Texas isn't the only red state to attempt such an end run around democracy and majority rule.
From Salon
In this case, Democrats and Republicans are attempting an end run around Speaker Mike Johnson to force a vote on legislation that would provide tax relief to victims of disasters around the country.
From New York Times
The company’s lawsuit thus amounts to an end run around the law.
From Los Angeles Times
Republicans deride the authority, known as humanitarian parole, as a Biden administration end run around Congress that allows into the U.S. large numbers of migrants who further tax an already overextended immigration system.
From Seattle Times
John Spinks, an early chief of the Office of Endangered Species, was aware that some of his staff would make end runs around the bureaucracy.
From Seattle Times
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