hurdle
Example Sentences
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But agonisingly he fell at the last hurdle in 2021 as he attempted to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to complete a calendar Grand Slam.
From Barron's
The next big hurdle will be Germany’s naval Enigma, which has four rotors and fiendishly complex procedures.
From Literature
It hit another legal hurdle this month when a state appeals court rejected the state’s plan to finance the 45-mile tunnel.
From Los Angeles Times
The union proposing it has to clear several hurdles, including the necessary signatures, to make November’s ballot.
There are also several hurdles supporters would need to overcome.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
