hurdle
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"Every hurdle we've jumped, there's been something else round the corner waiting for us," Nathan explained.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said retaliatory measures from Canada on U.S. products are a major hurdle thwarting talks between the two countries on a renewed trade pact.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
But the would-be comeback faces a hurdle: striking a deal with the landowners, the Primm family.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Another hurdle for the states: They don’t have hundreds of antitrust lawyers like the federal government does.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
The Court justified this insurmountable hurdle on the grounds that considerable deference is owed the exercise of prosecutorial discretion.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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