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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Privately, participants acknowledged that the hurdles were significant.
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Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
And that’s a hopeful timeline, given the hurdles of demining, returning confidence to captains and insurers, and bringing in a legion of empty tankers to stock up — and the risk that one errant drone could reset the whole process to square one.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
Despite the hurdles that must be overcome, many experts are pretty jazzed about the possibility of a lunar nuclear reactor.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
One of the hurdles Kennedy and his team encounter each year is constructing a weather-suitable schedule when there aren’t enough viable tracks in warm-weather locations.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 8 May 2026
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Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
And that’s a hopeful timeline, given the hurdles of demining, returning confidence to captains and insurers, and bringing in a legion of empty tankers to stock up — and the risk that one errant drone could reset the whole process to square one.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 2 June 2026
Despite the hurdles that must be overcome, many experts are pretty jazzed about the possibility of a lunar nuclear reactor.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
One of the hurdles Kennedy and his team encounter each year is constructing a weather-suitable schedule when there aren’t enough viable tracks in warm-weather locations.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for the hurdles
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