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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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For each bottleneck we can imagine or anticipate, there are a dozen others we can’t.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

"Additionally, San Francisco Bay is a highly trafficked waterway, and the Golden Gate Strait serves as a bottleneck through which all traffic and whales must enter and exit."

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

The bottleneck of ships waiting to move through the vital waterway includes more than 425 oil and fuel tankers and nearly 20 vessels carrying liquefied natural gas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Bass said she had spent years addressing a years-old administrative bottleneck within the city’s personnel department, which runs the background process for police hires.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

We pushed around the bottleneck of screaming kids forming at the door.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor




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