: a strategic narrow route providing passage through or to another region
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Those permits, whether from environmental agencies or the military, have become a choke point.—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 7 May 2026 Following Iran’s lead, other nations are now contemplating using their own leverage over crucial choke points closer to their shores.—Vivek Krishnamurthy, The Conversation, 5 May 2026 That includes the key GIUK (Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom) gap—a vital naval choke point.—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 May 2026 Exits can funnel into choke points.—Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for choke point