bottleneck
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"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
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
Demand for server CPUs is outstripping supply, and some analysts on Wall Street have pointed out that shortages could become another bottleneck to AI development.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
The others resume talking, about the ration-card bottleneck and fake identification papers.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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