obstacle course
noun
: a military training course filled with obstacles (such as hurdles, fences, walls, and ditches) that must be negotiated
broadly
: a series of obstacles that must be overcome
Examples of obstacle course in a Sentence
We finally made it through the bureaucratic obstacle course and got our visas.
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Less than two years after making Memory, in which Jessica Chastain falls for a man with galloping dementia, Mexican director Michel Franco has once again set her on a romantic obstacle course in which nothing, including her own moral compass, runs smoothly.
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Even in absolute darkness, the drone can blaze through obstacle courses with incredible speed and obstacle avoidance.
—New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2025
The book is an exhausting typographical obstacle course; that each of its 107 chapters begins with a snippet of poetry as an epigraph does not make reading it any easier.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Swans Trail Farms Snohomish This kid-friendly farm boasts a giant hay pyramid for climbing, ziplines, jumping pillows, a kids' obstacle course, loads of farm animals, apple picking, and a gem mining challenge, among other activities.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
Even in absolute darkness, the drone can blaze through obstacle courses with incredible speed and obstacle avoidance.
—New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2025
The book is an exhausting typographical obstacle course; that each of its 107 chapters begins with a snippet of poetry as an epigraph does not make reading it any easier.
—Mike Hale, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Swans Trail Farms Snohomish This kid-friendly farm boasts a giant hay pyramid for climbing, ziplines, jumping pillows, a kids' obstacle course, loads of farm animals, apple picking, and a gem mining challenge, among other activities.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Obstacle course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obstacle%20course. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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