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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The church’s sprawling geographic reach poses just one of the hurdles ahead in his duties as president, especially with today’s political polarization and national allegiances, Köhler said in an interview with The Associated Press.
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Luis Andres Henao, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Organizations will clear the hurdles—maybe not all at once but certainly in due course.
—Clint Boulton, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The bill’s passage through Congress, regardless of the hurdles along the way, displays Trump’s influence over the Republican Party that many of his predecessors would have envied.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 4 July 2025
Ponderosa senior Payton Becker’s quest to sweep the hurdles in the Class 5A girls meet came up just short, as Fountain-Fort Carson’s Alexa Queen held on down the stretch to win the 300 hurdles an instant classic.
—Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 17 May 2025
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Luis Andres Henao, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Organizations will clear the hurdles—maybe not all at once but certainly in due course.
—Clint Boulton, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The bill’s passage through Congress, regardless of the hurdles along the way, displays Trump’s influence over the Republican Party that many of his predecessors would have envied.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 4 July 2025
Ponderosa senior Payton Becker’s quest to sweep the hurdles in the Class 5A girls meet came up just short, as Fountain-Fort Carson’s Alexa Queen held on down the stretch to win the 300 hurdles an instant classic.
—Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 17 May 2025
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