constrained
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The agency also found that oil production slipped by 1.6 million barrels per day month-on-month to 100.1 million barrels in August as shipping through the strait remained constrained.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Holiday lets "can generate important economic and social benefits, especially for households struggling to make ends meet" but "they may also aggravate housing demand pressures in some constrained local housing markets," the EU draft read.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
“This could see Persian Gulf supply remain constrained through the rest of 2026.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Prof Ian Walker, head of psychology at Swansea University, said people could be "constrained by automatic habits" when it comes to water usage.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
And so the conversation veered again, awkward and constrained for a while, but it skirted all reference to the troubles of the day.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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