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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So, the hurdles to getting the Japanese to agree are pretty, pretty low.
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Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 14 June 2026
Internally, Paramount leaders have talked about possibly clearing all the hurdles in July, though the timeline of the European reviews makes that unlikely.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
For all the hurdles respondents cited in their pursuit of the American Dream, there were bright spots in the survey.
—Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 9 June 2026
But rising electricity demand and the hurdles facing offshore wind means the gap that the transmission line helps fill is only getting bigger.
—Olivia Raimonde, Bloomberg, 8 June 2026
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Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 14 June 2026
Internally, Paramount leaders have talked about possibly clearing all the hurdles in July, though the timeline of the European reviews makes that unlikely.
—Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 12 June 2026
For all the hurdles respondents cited in their pursuit of the American Dream, there were bright spots in the survey.
—Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 9 June 2026
But rising electricity demand and the hurdles facing offshore wind means the gap that the transmission line helps fill is only getting bigger.
—Olivia Raimonde, Bloomberg, 8 June 2026
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