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
Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
However, the biggest current hurdle reportedly isn’t the complexity of snake neurotoxins.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 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
Challenges and the Next Steps While new tech drives distributed computing forward, big hurdles remain.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
However, the biggest current hurdle reportedly isn’t the complexity of snake neurotoxins.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 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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Still, recent history has thrown obstacles in the way of developers’ timelines for Sacramento-area sports venues.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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It was struck down, eliminating an obstacle for those lawsuits to get to trial.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Rojas’ play in the ninth was fantastic, but then Andy Pages one-upped him with a leaping catch on Ernie Clement’s long drive to left-center while colliding with Kiké Hernández.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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The disaster forced terrified guests and hotel staff to leap from windows or dangle bedsheets to escape rooms engulfed in smoke and flames.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Conversely, poor initial AI experiences create resistance that’s difficult to overcome.—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
31 Oct. 2025
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The researchers overcame this by using molecular beam epitaxy, a precise technique for growing ultra-thin crystal layers.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Mamdani will face high expectations and even higher barriers to executing an agenda that includes enormous bureaucratic, political, and logistic hurdles.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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In this conversation with Interesting Engineering, Elbasyouni reflects on his path from a curious kid who hacked radios to a leader in aerospace innovation, the lessons learned from startups and deep-space engineering, and the mindset needed to break through barriers, technical and otherwise.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
4 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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For frequent flyers, saving an hour (and skipping the chaos of baggage claim) feels nothing short of revolutionary.—
Maddie Hiatt,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Oct. 2025
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More than 20% reported skipping meals entirely to make ends meet.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Maya Morrison had 28 assists, 12 service points and two aces, while Sadie Hartley Matteson notched 15 kills as Old Rochester (15-3) bested Somerset Berkley 3-0 in the South Coast Conference.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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The California team bested UNC 21-18.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Hurdle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurdle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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