as in obstacles
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 hurdles
Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Back in 2012, Tesla’s board offered him a deal based on production and stock price hurdles.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The integration challenge However, incorporating adaptive robots into existing assembly lines faces significant practical hurdles.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Some compare the state’s governing document to a thick book that can be constantly updated with little hurdles.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
But there are some other hurdles that must be cleared now that ownership of the show has exchanged hands.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
Through-year testing creates logistical hurdles Texas isn’t the first state to experiment with the idea of replacing a state test with through-year assessment.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
Capital discipline – Higher hurdles for projects, potentially bigger buybacks, and a tighter return-on-investment lens.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Beyond these logistical hurdles, placing tariffs on shipments under $800 will disproportionately impact America’s poorest families.
—Neale Mahoney, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
Artest has aspirations to set the program record and win the state championship in the 300 hurdles.
—Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Back in 2012, Tesla’s board offered him a deal based on production and stock price hurdles.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The integration challenge However, incorporating adaptive robots into existing assembly lines faces significant practical hurdles.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Some compare the state’s governing document to a thick book that can be constantly updated with little hurdles.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
But there are some other hurdles that must be cleared now that ownership of the show has exchanged hands.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
Through-year testing creates logistical hurdles Texas isn’t the first state to experiment with the idea of replacing a state test with through-year assessment.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
Capital discipline – Higher hurdles for projects, potentially bigger buybacks, and a tighter return-on-investment lens.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Beyond these logistical hurdles, placing tariffs on shipments under $800 will disproportionately impact America’s poorest families.
—Neale Mahoney, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurdles
Noun
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Similarly, Arizona’s native flora and fauna have their own obstacles to survival in one of the world’s most unforgiving landscapes.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Some cities install physical barriers like planters, bike racks, or other obstacles, to ensure compliance.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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D'Angelo explained exactly what had happened to make that scene, in which a squirrel leaps out of the family tree, prompting the family to run around the house to try and evade it.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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David Digilio and Jesse Wigutow wrote the script that finds Jared Leto playing a supersoldier named Ares who leaps from the confines of the digital Grid into our real world.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Don Felder, a second cousin who now helps manage Gibson’s estate and legacy, grew up hearing her tell stories breaking the barriers in tennis and then in golf.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Speak No Evil star is bringing his directorial debut California Schemin’ to the Toronto Film Festival for a world premiere, and his hip hop hoax movie reveals why Scots speaking with a different accent from the English face key barriers to success down south.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The woman jumps off the balcony.—
Rabih Alameddine
September 2,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
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One statistic really jumps off the page.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Saginaw’s surge overcomes Boswell The Pioneers of Boswell dominated play in the opening half, building a 21-0 lead that looked rock solid behind a persistent defense and an offense balanced with good running and passing.—
Pat Wheeler,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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The technology overcomes the key trade-off between energy density and charging speed that limited previous lithium-metal battery designs.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 2025, Roborock launched a vacuum cleaner with a robotic arm for moving socks and other obstructions out of the way.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Buck is collecting data to identify any obstructions to the safe navigation of traffic entering or exiting the Port of Baltimore via the Fort McHenry Federal Channel.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In another development, Northwestern University chemists developed a groundbreaking method that skips the time-consuming step of sorting plastics and directly converts stubborn single-use plastics into useful products like fuels, waxes, and lubricants.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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The video then skips ahead to a bruised Bond racing toward a car to chase the bellhop, initiating the first look at vehicular action gameplay.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And China now bests the United States in 57 out of 64 critical and emerging technologies, per a 2024 study.—
Mircea Geoană,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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The new figure, which bests Monday’s $605 million jackpot, is already the 13th largest prize in the history of Powerball.—
Gordon Ebanks,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Hurdles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurdles. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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