as in obstacle
something that makes movement or progress difficult
the many hurdles he had to overcome on the road to success
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Recent Examples of hurdle
Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Brinkley is the son of Jasper Brinkley, who played in the NFL seven seasons, and Kellie Brinkley, who won the bronze medal in the 110 hurdles in the 2012 Olympics.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
Jamie Harrow, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Rodgers now needs only two touchdown passes to hurdle Favre into fourth place on the all-time list.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
What Happens Next Senators took the first step toward ending the shutdown with a vote on Sunday, but several hurdles remain before the government can fully reopen.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Brinkley is the son of Jasper Brinkley, who played in the NFL seven seasons, and Kellie Brinkley, who won the bronze medal in the 110 hurdles in the 2012 Olympics.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
Verb
Wedding Dashers features a maid of honor and best man forced to hurdle relentless transportation nightmares together to make it from London to Belfast in time for their dearests’ nuptials.
—Jamie Harrow, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Rodgers now needs only two touchdown passes to hurdle Favre into fourth place on the all-time list.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurdle
Noun
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Yet, their durability remained the key obstacle to commercial deployment.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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What resists smooth transmission isn’t an obstacle to communication, but part of its meaning and texture.—
Ross Benjamin,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Just as Victor appeared to break open, Jackson leaped into the air, stretched his right arm skyward and pulled down a dazzling one-handed catch at the 3-yard line.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Lyon’s magnetism touches the entire cast, but her bits with both Killam’s Boone and Chenoweth’s Tammy really leap off the screen.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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Among those highlighted will be Amanda, a refugee and the first Miss Trans Global Uganda; Sarah, who overcame sight loss to support LGBTQ+ people with disabilities while running marathons; and Leo, a speaker and life coach with dyskinetic cerebral palsy.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Fortunately, modern nandina cultivars like 'Lemon-Lime' from the Southern Living Plant Collection have been bred to overcome these problems.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Finally, high-income countries should eliminate or suspend tariffs on and other barriers to imports from economies with fragile food security.—
ARIF HUSAIN,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
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Troops once used stands of trees or other natural barriers to defend themselves against small offensives.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Total revenue, which jumped 10% year-on-year in the third quarter on a constant currency basis, is expected to rise by a high single-digit percentage this year, while core earnings per share are forecast to jump by a low double-digit percentage.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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Nothing could be more indicative of the nature and power of late value form than the prospect that even the most unashamedly denialist administration might jump onto its bandwagon.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Nothing indicated that the removal credits Microsoft was snapping up were enough to cancel out these emissions, let alone surmount them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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These unforeseen obstacles were in addition to the more standard challenges a team must surmount over the course of a season, like missing players to red card suspensions — but even then, Racing was forced to hold a tough hand.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Most were teenagers skipping school, though there was a scattering of grown-ups and a couple of families with younger children.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Those numbers might seem small, but across a state of nearly eight million people, the gap represents thousands who are delaying or skipping care altogether.—
Sixteen Ramos,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Orders jumped 21% to 776 million, besting estimates of 770 million.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, Nicone Dragone bested Amira Garza with 51% of the vote to become the city treasurer.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Hurdle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurdle. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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