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hurdles::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hurdle race, hurdling |
| Type of | track event |
Examples of hurdles
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Several hurdles have been cleared that would allow the tournament to take place.
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While Beatty faces financial and emotional hurdles, the mayor remains unruffled.
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Teammate and regional champion Raheem Mostert had difficulty in the 300 hurdles.
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If South Sudan is to hold together and prosper, it has to overcome many hurdles.
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There could be other hurdles, such as getting approval from a probation officer.
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Vested options have met all hurdles and the executives are free to cash them in.
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Hartz might have been more surprised by her win in the 300 intermediate hurdles.
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One of the biggest hurdles in front of him was communicating with his teammates.
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The amount of the deferred consideration is based on agreed performance hurdles.
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- A light movable barrier that competitors must leap over in certain races
- Jump a hurdle
- An obstacle that you are expected to overcome; "the last hurdle before graduation"
- Vault: the act of jumping over an obstacle
- (hurdles) a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles
- A hurdle is a moveable section of light fence. Traditionally they were made from wattle (woven split branches), but modern hurdles are often made of metal. Hurdles are used for handling livestock, as decorative fencing, for horse racing and in the track and field event of hurdling.
- (Hurdles) Hurdling is a type of track and field race.
- (Hurdles (agricultural)) Hurdles are a form of rural crafts. They are lightweight portable fencing structures that are used to enclose (or 'fold') animals such as sheep (i.e.: a sheepfold). ...
- An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses jump in a race; A perceived obstacle; A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc. ...
