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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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Higher rates don’t produce more crude or ease a refining bottleneck.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Spurs' biggest bottleneck so far has been in players either failing to recognise or opting not to play through balls in behind.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Further refinery constraints in Russia and in China have added to the bottleneck of refined products.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

She said the bottleneck in recovery is not the city’s permitting process but instead insurance companies unwilling to pay survivors and banks that are reluctant to finance rebuilding.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

It’s a time killer when you’re running late, a bottleneck when the release bell rings; and it’s noisy.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

"The munitions expenditure on OEF has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply," the report said.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

Unlike modern pumas, however, these populations did not show evidence of severe inbreeding or abrupt population bottlenecks.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

Buying a car has become historically expensive, with pandemic-era supply-chain bottlenecks and tariffs driving up prices, while car maintenance and insurance costs have outpaced overall inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Earlier this week, NHS boards were told that caring for patients in corridors is "unacceptable", under new Scottish government plans to clear bottlenecks in hospitals.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The sabotage targets had been carefully selected to pinpoint areas that, when attacked, would create bottlenecks in the American war industry.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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