hurdle
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In reality, he came to realize the big hurdle to space travel was the cost of one-time-use rockets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
The final hurdle before scaling up is error correction.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Discovery cleared a major regulatory hurdle Friday, giving investors one less reason to worry about the deal—one of the biggest of its kind in years.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
Griffin sees value in humanoids in reducing risk to human soldiers, but also says unpredictable environments remain a major hurdle.
From BBC • Jun. 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
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