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
Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
Players may not hurdle, spin or dive to avoid a flag from being pulled.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Daniela Avila, People.com, 23 July 2025
Frequently the Swedes have been impressive in the early stages of tournaments only to fall at the final hurdle.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
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Noun
That’s a tough trendline to hurdle.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Dec. 2024
Players may not hurdle, spin or dive to avoid a flag from being pulled.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
Verb
One day after the Black Sabbath frontman died on July 22 at age 76, a source tells PEOPLE that his health become a hurdle in his journey back to England with wife Sharon Osbourne.
—Daniela Avila, People.com, 23 July 2025
Frequently the Swedes have been impressive in the early stages of tournaments only to fall at the final hurdle.
—Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hurdle
Noun
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The branches of the military, which maintain their own communication networks, have their own obstacles.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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For Superman, that means preventing any of the negatives that do initially arise from becoming obstacles or bandwagon narratives in the press.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
Verb
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The frog leaped to national fame with Mark Twain's short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, which helped launch his writing career.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
19 July 2025
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Alice in Seoul was the highest climber of all, leaping 33 spots from last year to no.13 on the list.—
Kevin Gray,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
Verb
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Judicial confirmations were once a slower, more contentious process, often requiring 60 votes to overcome a filibuster.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
14 July 2025
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For two decades, senior legislators and military leaders have been working, mostly without success, to overcome these problems.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Others have built barriers to protect vulnerable neighborhoods.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Thousands of Ohioans could drop off Medicaid or face new barriers to coverage even as the state prepares for an extra infusion of federal money.—
Haley BeMiller,
The Enquirer,
10 July 2025
Verb
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However, following the July 17 announcement, the first week of new shows (July 21-24) for The Late Show jumped to average 1 million households.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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In the past month, the logistics provider’s shares have jumped 40 percent to $31.25, as of the end of trading Thursday, buoyed by expectations that the LTL will be sold off.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
25 July 2025
Verb
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To match its maritime origins, it was incised with designs of cavorting Tritons and surmounted with a silver Neptune riding a hippocampus—a lot of gaudy ornament around a big brown husk.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
26 June 2025
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Yet his portrayal of the character surmounts all of that.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
23 June 2025
Verb
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So, my advice is to skip generic educational content.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Avoid skipping trims: Cut your hair to retain your growth.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Yesterday, Chelsea bested Paris Saint-Germain in the World Cup final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
14 July 2025
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This was a record turnaround among SpaceX launches from Space Coast launch pads at 2 hours and 54 minutes besting October’s double launch that saw a Falcon 9 launch at CCSFS just eight hours, 42 minutes after a Falcon Heavy launch at KSC.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025
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“Hurdle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hurdle. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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