hurdle
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Its view is that the hurdle to higher volumes relates to Lynas’s own ability to produce more, rather than any difficulty in finding customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Across America, sellers in many markets are having a tough time getting offers as high mortgage rates and home prices remain a hurdle for buyers.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
California regulators have approved the sale of Cox Communications to cable giant Charter Communications — the final hurdle in a marathon review to clear the $34.5-billion cable consolidation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It's Saturday afternoon and I've nearly fallen at the first hurdle – I've left my digital camera battery on charge at home.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The gun goes off and the girls shoot forward, finding their stride, leaping over the first hurdle, regaining their stride, leaping over the second hurdle.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
But much like its characters, faced with unimaginable hurdles in a world stacked against them, Ullom’s film found a way to keep going, aided by uniquely modern tools and a singular perspective.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Paying their tuition lets you see them benefit from the money you’re giving them, without any extra financial hurdles to jump over.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Cost and competition are two of the industry’s biggest hurdles, but developers say they can avoid the pitfalls of big projects with smaller, safer designs that can be built quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
OpenAI has been grappling with legal hurdles too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
I also can’t seem to get the hurdles down, and it’s getting so frustrating.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
The arrow hurdled forward, unleashing an audible woosh followed by a distant thwack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
More broadly, investors have flipped their views on software companies and platforms that potentially could be replaced by AI or hurdled over by new competitors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Mr. Walesa is now 82 and stouter than he was when he hurdled that fence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The day after his win at Bristol Motor Speedway hurdled Hamlin and his No. 11 team into the second round of NASCAR’s playoffs, Hamlin was still pumping his chest.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2023
He judged the height, ran seven steps, and hurdled over the silver back of King Gorger.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
“The industry is hurdling toward ever more compute demands,” Musk told investors on Aug. 4, according to a transcript.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 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
In the preamble, Blair Morgan was missed by Stafford McDowall and Kyle Rowe, then after the illegal hurdling, he did George Horne.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
Edwin Moses, the godfather of 400-meter hurdling, once theorized that the 10-hurdle race presented 31 moments for potential failure, beginning with the start and including every takeoff, flight and landing over all 10 hurdles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
His siblings would recall him careening about, hurdling flora, fauna, and furniture.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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