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hurdle
noun as in barrier, obstacle
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Once I got over that hurdle, it was as if a huge weight had lifted and I was not scared anymore.
In the meantime, just as the bill passed its first hurdle, snow flakes started to fall down on the Capitol.
As the recruitment process begins, the question of motivation could also prove to be a hurdle.
The final hurdle was a longtime city policy against nicknames in street signs.
But atheists face an additional hurdle—our moral credentials are called into question.
A bamboo hurdle was quickly made, and the store of flesh was placed on it and easily carried on the shoulders of the men.
As he got there the day began to dawn, and he leaned over a hurdle and beheld the shadows flee away.
The construction was little more than a colossal hurdle, having beams for rods and chains in the place of wattles.
It had exhibited under the trial the two chief qualities of a breakwater; it had proved flexible as a hurdle and firm as a wall.
When he was quite sick he ran one way, and t'other got up roaring and ran another, and they had to send a hurdle for No. 1.
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On this page you'll find 87 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hurdle, such as: complication, difficulty, handicap, hindrance, impediment, and snag.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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