tightness
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Although the companies have now announced efforts to ease supply shortages, their extra capacity is not expected to come online until at least next year, and some analysts expect tightness to continue until 2028.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
“The U.S. energy system has a buffer, but it doesn’t operate in a vacuum. Global tightness and domestic bottlenecks still show up in gasoline prices,” Babin said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
“Although supply is tight, no structural deficit has emerged yet. The present tightness reflects short‑term global market stress. As long as refinery operations remain stable, California is positioned to meet regional jet fuel needs.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
“The tightness in the jet fuel market is not likely to abate any time soon,” Shaw said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
They traveled for the remainder of the day, and the assassin sat in silence as she watched the forest pass, the tightness in her chest not easing until they’d left that shimmering glen far behind.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
