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hurdle

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1. hurdle - Noun

2. hurdle - Verb

3. Hurdle - Proper noun

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A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.

In England, a sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.

An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which men or horses leap in a race.

To hedge, cover, make, or inclose with hurdles.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I truly believe that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us and create the life we want to live. I have seen it happen time and time again. Gillian Anderson

For most people, the major hurdle in grasping modern insights into the nature of the universe is that these developments are usually phrased using mathematics. Brian Greene

The biggest hurdle to writing Fargo Rock City was that I couldn't afford a home computer - I had to get a new job so I could buy a computer. It could all change though. In five years, I could be back at some daily newspaper, which wouldn't be so bad. Chuck Klosterman

It is in underdeveloped world that he central, overriding fact of our epoch becomes manifest to the naked eye: the capitalist system, once a mighty engine of economic development, has turned into a no less formidable hurdle to human advancement. Paul A. Baran

The biggest hurdle is figuring out who your friends are. Your real friends. Eleanor Mondale

What makes us want to know the worst? Is it that we tire of preferring to know the best? Does curiosity always hurdle self-interest? Or is it, more simply, that wanting to know the worst is love's favorite perversion. Julian Barnes

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