bottleneck
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The biggest bottleneck to the global trade of energy is no longer crude oil, according to the head of Kuwait’s state oil company.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
And as SpaceX allocates satellite-launch services for its own use, a launch bottleneck is gripping the wider industry and could hamper AST SpaceMobile’s ability to send satellites into space.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
But we can use the physical bottleneck of energy to impose a clear and simple restraint on an industry that has otherwise proved elusive to regulate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
That’s created a critical bottleneck in networking, “supporting higher specs and pricing,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
The stump of an elm guards a bottleneck in the path through the woods.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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Junctions on the M4 in Newport could close, and a new bridge built across the Menai Strait, as part of Welsh government plans for two notorious transport bottlenecks.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The strain from energy bottlenecks has forced digital infrastructure providers to seek out alternatives to bypass local and regional grids, connecting directly to power sources, such as nuclear or gas-powered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But bottlenecks have slowed delivery of critical weapons.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
On the infrastructure side, data-center bottlenecks are creating massive pricing power for certain companies.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Unfortunately, the nanoseconds used up in a simple computer operation do add up to lengthy bottlenecks on intractable problems, many of which would require millennia to solve in general.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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