choke point

In addition to creating a potential choke point in an emergency, the closures hamper residents who commute to work and tourists who want to take advantage of Big Bear’s hiking trails and other attractions.

The risk of a choke point at Glen Canyon Dam not only increases uncertainty, Roerink said, but also “sets up potential for more acrimony.”

That's, again, why it matters that “SNL” is this choke point where you go through it, it conditions you to be a nice little power-serving writer or actor, and then you go and make your own TV shows and your own movies.

That's also why the choke point of it all matters.

The attacks — at a choke point that handles 12 percent of global trade, including nearly one-third of the world’s container ship traffic — have already forced some shutdowns at European auto plants and raised fears of a surge in consumer prices.