Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bottlenecking
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Several other cases remain pending — most notably the high-profile conspiracy charges against six protesters, including several Democratic political candidates, accused of impeding immigration officers and damaging a vehicle outside the Broadview ICE facility in September.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2026 -
In the end, she was issued a $164 citation for impeding traffic by refusing to follow a temporary traffic pattern.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Jan. 2026
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Puncerelli explains that lightweight, non-comedogenic oils can help replenish moisture without clogging hair follicles or weighing hair down.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2026
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Each of these features are helpful in ensuring the debris easily gets collected across her 1,640-square-foot home without clogging.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
6 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the gases compete with each other, with the presence of one gas actually hindering the adsorption, or trapping, of the others.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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While the city’s downtown high-rise program has helped add three projects totaling 1,226 units, only one building has been constructed in the past few years, hindering the city’s long-term vision of increasing density and making the area a true mixed-use neighborhood.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Thousands of protesters met in front of City Hall in the afternoon, before many marched to the federal detention center, where a mob of violent agitators swarmed the area, pushing a large construction dumpster and blocking the entrance to the building's loading dock.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Much of the group later dispersed after they were threatened with arrest by local law enforcement for blocking the road.—
KIMBERLEE KRUESI,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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The justification for this war isn’t about stemming the flow of drugs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Jan. 2026
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Heritage is another organization that has been at the center of the conservative civil war, stemming partly from its President Kevin Roberts in October defending Carlson for interviewing Fuentes, which Roberts later apologized for.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
23 Dec. 2025
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The Justice Department felt otherwise, accusing him of federal civil rights crimes for obstructing access to a house of worship.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Jan. 2026
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City Councilmember Mitchell Englander resigned his post and was later imprisoned in 2021, convicted of obstructing an FBI investigation into his acceptance of lavish gifts in Las Vegas from a businessman who sought favors from him.—
Daily News,
Daily News,
29 Jan. 2026
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By recycling internal energy rather than relying on the grid, these on-board batteries could slash power consumption and offer a compact solution to the massive energy demands currently stalling quantum growth.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Schauffele missed the Farmers last year for the first time in a decade while recovering from a rib injury, stalling his major momentum.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Witnesses report that other vehicles besides Good's were blockading unmarked immigration agent vehicles with their emergency LED lights activated.—
Dana Kelley,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026
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But others describe the reality of the early weeks, where discussion was completely hampered by Israel's insistence on fully blockading aid into Gaza.—
Tom Bowman,
NPR,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Bottlenecking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bottlenecking. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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