...when he hurdled into the end zone on a 15-yard touchdown run to give the Bruins a 55-33 lead.
"Hurdled"? That looked wrong to me, but it was AP. So I looked them up.
hur·dle
/ˈhərdl/
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noun
- 1.one of a series of upright frames over which athletes in a race must jump."a hurdle race"
- 2.an obstacle or difficulty."there are many hurdles to overcome"
hur·tle
/ˈhərdl/
verb
- move or cause to move at a great speed, typically in a wildly uncontrolled manner."a runaway car hurtled toward them"
