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The couple assumed Ortiz Jara’s path to legal status would be simple, given his U.S. citizen children and wife, but most lawyers they consulted said his deportation years ago created a nearly insurmountable hurdle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

"The headline earnings numbers may still be very strong. But with expectations elevated, valuations demanding and Treasury yields near multi-decade highs, the investment hurdle has become higher as well," warned Charu Chanana at Saxo Markets.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

"It's just another hurdle and, you know, I feel confident that we're going to get through it."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

It must pass the House to become law, which is a significant hurdle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

This was the hurdle I could not lower for them.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Although a pardon could be signed "minutes after" taking office, various bureaucratic hurdles would prevent it from taking effect that same day, Thiago Bottino, a law professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Beyond the recognition, the experience felt spiritually transformative for the Guadalajara native; not the least because of the hurdles he overcame to bring it to fruition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

There are just two hurdles: social acceptability and sunlight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"Indian products face a variety of tariff and non-tariff hurdles in China that make it difficult to scale exports," says Li.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

I jump a few hurdles, run a 50 and a 100—I don’t think I’m much of a sprinter—try to high-jump, and foul out a bunch of times on the long jump.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

Mr. Walesa is now 82 and stouter than he was when he hurdled that fence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

Another rookie, Jake Ferguson, provided a highlight a few plays earlier when he hurdled New York safety Jason Pinnock and ran over cornerback Rodarius Williams on the same play.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 25, 2022

He topped that in the second quarter with a 33-yard run in which he hurdled another defender and outmaneuvered several others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

He caught Mahomes’s pass and hurdled a defender into the end zone.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022

She hurdled the low wall and took off running.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

“We’re building AI compute capacity at scale faster than anyone else, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday, adding that “the industry is hurdling towards ever more compute demands.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Copper’s technical position is similar to where gold was in March 2024, when it broke out decisively from its 13-year base by hurdling $2,200.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

His first headline in The Times was accompanied by a photo of him hurdling tacklers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

The triumph vindicated Mullins' decision to skip hurdling and go straight over fences with the seven-year-old.

From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024

They had reached the end of a hurdling sprint, too.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green