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bottleneck

[bot-l-nek] / ˈbɒt lˌnɛk /


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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 due to a lack of U.S. manufacturing capacity and capability, actuation systems are also a bottleneck, Kelkar said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has DP World, the Middle East’s largest port operator, racing to reroute cargo around a bottleneck that once seemed improbable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The export disruptions have pushed U.S. wheat futures to three-year highs and could accelerate inflation in food prices if the bottleneck isn't removed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

I could almost hear the sighs of relief from the bottleneck behind me as I turned left onto the deadend asphalt road.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green

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

“By modernizing and upgrading turbines, steam generators, and digital control systems at operating plants, uprates deliver substantial capacity gains without the multi-year timelines or interconnection bottlenecks associated with greenfield construction,” the blog post noted.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

But bottlenecks have slowed delivery of critical weapons.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The U.S. and its allies, meanwhile, face production bottlenecks that have put pressure on supplies of interceptors across the region, Arab and U.S. officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The sabotage targets had been carefully selected to pinpoint areas that, when attacked, would create bottlenecks in the American war industry.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple




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