bottleneck
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Torero warned the bottleneck in marine traffic since the conflict began on February 28 meant even if Hormuz were to reopen immediately "infrastructure damage is not fully reversible in the short term."
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
As a result, elevated oil prices reflect more than just the Strait of Hormuz bottleneck, which usually handles a fifth of global oil supplies.
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
Demand for server CPUs is outpacing supply, and shortages there are becoming a bottleneck to AI development, Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya said in a note earlier this week.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
I went to France the following summer knowing only the word for bottleneck.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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