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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For restaurateurs, what’s happening in 2025 will be a distant memory in a few years, the hurdles likely replaced by new ones.
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Dec. 2025
This 2004 adaptation updates the source material by exploring the hurdles of an interracial relationship, while maintaining the social class and economic status issues from the novel and adding lovely, joyous musical numbers.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
The model is built on unsteady foundations, with only those banking huge profits right off the bat able to negate the hurdles in their way.
—Emma Flint, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025
Frank Mora, former US Ambassador at the organization of American states OAS who has studied how a possible US invasion could unfold and the hurdles the US military faces in deposing Maduro, said the US could topple the Venezuelan leader easily but keeping the peace is another matter.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
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Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Dec. 2025
This 2004 adaptation updates the source material by exploring the hurdles of an interracial relationship, while maintaining the social class and economic status issues from the novel and adding lovely, joyous musical numbers.
—Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 29 Nov. 2025
The model is built on unsteady foundations, with only those banking huge profits right off the bat able to negate the hurdles in their way.
—Emma Flint, IndieWire, 25 Nov. 2025
Frank Mora, former US Ambassador at the organization of American states OAS who has studied how a possible US invasion could unfold and the hurdles the US military faces in deposing Maduro, said the US could topple the Venezuelan leader easily but keeping the peace is another matter.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
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“The hurdles.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20hurdles. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
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