the hurdles

plural noun

: a race in which runners must jump over a series of barriers (called hurdles)
He won a medal in the high hurdles.
The hurdles is his best event.

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Recent Examples on the Web His teammate Elijah Bergner was runner-up in the hurdles (8.28 seconds). —Matty Wasserman, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023

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“The hurdles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20hurdles. Accessed 27 Mar. 2023.

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