choke point
Example Sentences
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The Red Sea has its own choke point, the Bab al Mandab strait, as important for world trade as the Strait of Hormuz.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
Navy as controller of the world’s vital energy choke point.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
A fifth of the world’s oil passes through the choke point of the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026
Ukrainians possessed intimate knowledge of every road junction, bridge, tunnel, marsh, river and choke point that could be exploited against a mechanized force dependent on road networks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
I worry that everyone will try to flee the same direction and the wall will end up a grand choke point, serving up panicked folks to the dead.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
