hurdle
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One hurdle for new payouts of $5,000 would be the huge cost.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Now back to the hurdle in a football game that could have been.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
High housing costs are the biggest hurdle for prospective buyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Much depends on whether smaller parties cross Germany's five percent hurdle to make it into parliament.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
This was only the first part of my plan to save my friendship with Nora, and already I’ve hit a huge hurdle.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
And he sounds determined to see the policy become a reality, though there's speculation that there could be legal hurdles down the line.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The reopening on Sept. 17, the Monday after 9/11, was a feat that many investors and market officials cheered given the logistical hurdles of working in the shadow of Ground Zero.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
At that moment Benson was tempted to use his vertical leap of more than 40 inches to simply glide over him like going over hurdles in a 110-meter race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Germany's young defence firms face other hurdles, from lengthy security vetting for staff to red tape.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
They were called hurdles and could be easily moved.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
In 2018, Cofnas argued in a paper that technology would soon allow this unknown to be hurdled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
He hurdled a USC cornerback en route to one touchdown and then signed a hat for a 12-year-old USC fan after scoring another.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Thompson-Robinson also hurdled cornerback Isaac Taylor-Stuart on the way to another touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
They hurdled flowers and stuffed animals, pounding down the brick-laid sidewalk until they reached a wall of people lining up to board a bus.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
He’ll have to wait until college or the pros to show off his hurdling skills in a football uniform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
“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
The triumph vindicated Mullins' decision to skip hurdling and go straight over fences with the seven-year-old.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2024
I leaped off the stage, hurdling a group of men.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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