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end-run

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end-run (ndrn)
tr.v. end-ran (-rn), end-run·ning, end-runs
Informal To bypass (an impediment) often by deceit or trickery: "The plan to end-run the ... Senate committee ran into instant resistance" (Peter Goldman).


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In an end-run on the constitutional principal of church-state separation, the Holmen, Wisconsin, Village Board sold a tiny 30 x 33 foot plot of public land to the local Lion's Club in order that a Christian cross remain displayed.
We have been told that only General Synod has the authority to decide the doctrine of the Anglican Church of Canada, but now the issue is to be shirked, allowing supporters of same-sex blessings to do an end-run around General Synod.
End-runs around the Enrons As job losses rise, economic inequality worsens, and corruption deepens, democracy itself now seems to be caught in the crosshairs.
 
 
 
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