bottleneck

Example Sentences

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How quickly this eases the bottleneck of vessels trapped inside the Gulf remains to be seen.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

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

A bottleneck of more than 400 tankers persists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“He wanted to avoid a time-consuming bottleneck at all costs.”

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer