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hurdle noun barricade, barrier, block, constraint, curb, detainment, difficulty, drawback, hamper, handicap, hindrance, impediment, inconvenience, limitation, obstruction, prohibition, restraint, restriction, stumbling block, wall See also: bar, barrier, deterrence, deterrent, encumbrance, handicap, negotiate, obstacle, obstruction HURDLE, Eng. law. A species of sledge, used to draw traitors to execution. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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On Friday night, 110 hurdlers Allen Johnson, Dominique Arnold and Terrence Trammell posted the three fastest times in the world this year. Many hurdlers fail to succeed because of their inability or lack of strength to remain high on the balls of the feet. Cut down to size by distance, always consigned for everybody's safety to outer fields far from hurdlers, sprinters, vaulters, quartermilers who - unlike us who put the shot or spin the discus - disavow the soul's existence. |
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