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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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
The Cavaliers’ duo of Donovan Mitchell and Mobley, both All-Stars, won the annual skills challenge, emerging victorious in individual rounds of an obstacle course, passing contest and shooting competition over the host-Warriors’ Draymond Green and Moses Moody.
—Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
For the study, the system was used to let a 69-year-old tetraplegic man steer a virtual quadcopter through a virtual indoor obstacle course.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2025
Watch as horses pull talented (and gutsy) skiers down Harrison Avenue, which is set up like a frosty obstacle course.
—Sarah Kuta, The Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2024
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
The Cavaliers’ duo of Donovan Mitchell and Mobley, both All-Stars, won the annual skills challenge, emerging victorious in individual rounds of an obstacle course, passing contest and shooting competition over the host-Warriors’ Draymond Green and Moses Moody.
—Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
For the study, the system was used to let a 69-year-old tetraplegic man steer a virtual quadcopter through a virtual indoor obstacle course.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 26 Jan. 2025
Watch as horses pull talented (and gutsy) skiers down Harrison Avenue, which is set up like a frosty obstacle course.
—Sarah Kuta, The Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for obstacle course
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“Obstacle course.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obstacle%20course. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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