hurdle
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That’s the hurdle Brooks must clear to receive any money from the state.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
Caldentey says Arsenal came up short last season through inconsistency and hopes the signings will help overcome that hurdle.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Gen. Todd Blanche has a cleared critical hurdle in his bid to be confirmed to the post after swaying Republican holdouts on a Senate committee to advance his nomination for a floor vote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Discovery, as the entertainment and media mega-deal still faces a key hurdle in the United States.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
I can’t figure out how to get over this hurdle, and it makes me mad.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
OpenAI has been grappling with legal hurdles too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Integration strategies come with hurdles, starting with the task of making the combined businesses work well together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
But the company’s AI strategy has faced internal culture clashes and organizational hurdles since the very beginning.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
It was Great Britain's third gold of the championships, while Emily Newnham added the hosts' sixth medal overall with silver in the women's 400m hurdles final shortly after Hudson-Smith's victory.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The boy gritted his teeth, but he was trapped among the hurdles.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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
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
Thompson-Robinson also hurdled cornerback Isaac Taylor-Stuart on the way to another touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2022
He caught Mahomes’s pass and hurdled a defender into the end zone.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2022
I hurdled fallen logs and ducked low branches, chasing her until my lungs burned.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
“We’re building AI compute capacity at scale faster than anyone else, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday, adding that “the industry is hurdling towards ever more compute demands.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The unused veteran was stretchered off and taken to hospital for surgery after hurting himself hurdling an advertising board in the victory celebrations.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 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
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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