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Hurdle meaning
An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race. | An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract. | A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
Example sentences (20)
The Challow Hurdle at Newbury or the Grade One former Tolworth Hurdle, the Novices' Hurdle over course and distance back at Aintree on Boxing Day are possibly next for Mister Meggit.
He was second in the Champion Hurdle in Cheltenham and second in the Aintree Hurdle.
L’Eau du Sud was a high-class handicapper over hurdles last season, finishing second in both the Betfair Hurdle at Newbury and the County Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham’s Festival meeting.
His death comes four days before the seven-year-old is due to run in the Cleeve Hurdle at in preparation for this year’s Stayers’ Hurdle.
The most difficult hurdle was always going to be how to divide the sea’s valuable resources, and that hurdle remains.
A "hard" hurdle is calculated only on returns above the hurdle rate.
Hurdle technology main Hurdle technology is a method of ensuring that pathogens in food products can be eliminated or controlled by combining more than one approach.
If the diver pauses during his or her hurdle to ask for a change of dive, it will be declared a balk (when the diver stops mid-hurdle) and the change of dive will not be permitted.
A 6-2 victory was enough for them to snatch second place at the final hurdle.
A bill to suspend the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avert a disastrous default cleared a key procedural hurdle in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting the stage for an vote on the bipartisan debt deal itself.
A bipartisan social media bill championed by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., overcame a hurdle this week as a committee once again approved legislation aiming to protect minors online and hold tech companies accountable.
Add in a CAFC affirmance rate of 75% or so and it is clear that the IPR hurdle remains a significant one for patent owners to overcome.
After that the punter saw Grey Dawning win at 3-1, Iwilldoit claim the Wigley Group Classic Handicap Chase at 11-1 and West Balboa the Handicap Hurdle at 14-1.
All that is therefore necessary is for the President to consult with the Leader of the Opposition so that this hurdle of the appointment of a Chancellor and Chief Justice can be overcome and done with.
Although sponsor bias remains a persistent hurdle, we can chip away at outdated perceptions and open the door to award more trials to experienced and passionate physicians, irrespective of past trial experience.
And we are prioritizing investments in the businesses that meet this hurdle rate and have high future potential such as MLCCs, small rechargeable batteries, TMR sensors and motion sensors that are all -- and as a sustainable high-profit businesses.
And whereas for more than a decade, free enterprise can't work without a hurdle rate.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance.
Another hurdle awaiting the aerotropolis initiative is the lack of buy-in by the aviation workers’ union.
Another hurdle is his need for a lyricist - his previous co-lead singer used to write the lyrics, whilst he composed the music.