end-around

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Yet, AB 632 has serious loopholes that provide an end-around the First Amendment:

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  • Two plays later, Randle El took an end-around handoff, stopped just shy of the line of scrimmage and tossed a perfect pass to a wide-open Cooley for the score. —  HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News
  • They realized that even if they lost the Smith case, they might still manage an end-around on the rules against monopolies by securing the support of the NFL Players Association (founded in 1956). —  Slate Magazine
  • After all, the last President who knew dick about X's and O's was Dick Nixon, a man who shared a mutual admiration with Vince Lombardi, dropped strategy on Don Shula before the Super Bowl, and who ran a nice end-around on both parties by going to China. —  EDSBS
  • "It appears this is an end-around movement," complained Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston.
  • There were some highlights Saturday: Troy Stoudermire sprinting 54 yards on a roaring end-around for a touchdown. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
 

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