The bridge is always a chokepoint at rush hour. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The Malacca Straight chokepoint is a lot more real. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Predictions Are Hard, Especially About the Future] Reference
Sherman Island is a "chokepoint" of highways, gas and power lines typical of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. From Wordnik.com. [UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World] Reference
Also, the Mideast is a chokepoint for the world's commerce. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. President, It Is Time to Make Bold Moves] Reference
The farms are the chokepoint to maintain power in Zimbabwe. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
The Senate was the chokepoint for previous reauthorizations. From Wordnik.com. [Two Million Jobless To Lose Benefits By January Unless Congress Acts] Reference
Geographic note: major chokepoint is the southern Chukchi Sea. From Wordnik.com. [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference
Geography - note: major chokepoint is the southern Chukchi Sea. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Geography -- note: major chokepoint is the southern Chukchi Sea. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Southern Ocean the major chokepoint is the Drake Passage between. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Southern Ocean: the major chokepoint is the Drake Passage between. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
To the West was Iceland-UK chokepoint/sonar net, NATO and the USA. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Cold War Hawks and the Soviet Economy] Reference
Geography - note: the major chokepoint is the Drake Passage between. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Unless Apple somehow creates a new global chokepoint via the iPhone. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Blodget: The TV Business Is Toast] Reference
Just your average rainy day in the traffic chokepoint that is Chicago. From Wordnik.com. [The Columbus Reading « Whatever] Reference
This stretch has turned into a chokepoint for stranded trucks and cars. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2006] Reference
Everybody had an idea of what the best chokepoint in the war effort was. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Does the Prevalence of Bogus Justifications for Violating International Law Prove that Violations are Never Justified?] Reference
I would imagine operations are really going to become a chokepoint soon. From Wordnik.com. [Mission Costs: Moving the Goal Posts at NASA - NASA Watch] Reference
Metro-North, meanwhile, doesn ' t have a major chokepoint to contend with. From Wordnik.com. [Metro-North Pulls Ahead] Reference
Under the current arrangement, doctors are the chokepoint for the whole system. From Wordnik.com. [Why Health Care Reform is Hard, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
The main chokepoint for secure internet voting is the vulnerability of the home PC. From Wordnik.com. [A seductively bad idea] Reference
Jamaica is a major chokepoint for the LIRR, the nation's busiest commuter railroad. From Wordnik.com. [LIRR's Lost Weekend] Reference
Geography - note: the major chokepoint is the Drake Passage between South America and. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Myanmar is well positioned for policing the chokepoint that concerns Beijing most: the Malacca Strait. From Wordnik.com. [THE MERCHANT MARINE] Reference
PERRY: You are, because these checkpoints, as you point out, become a chokepoint where people line up. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 16, 2006] Reference
And the sad thing is, we missed the tightest chokepoint of all, which was German electricity production. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Does the Prevalence of Bogus Justifications for Violating International Law Prove that Violations are Never Justified?] Reference
If the U.S. Army couldn't secure such a vital chokepoint, it would never be able to pacify the rest of the country. From Wordnik.com. [The New Way Out] Reference
In fact, quite the opposite; being instead a global smuggling/criminal activity clearinghouse center and chokepoint. From Wordnik.com. [Georgia Conflict �� Part 3: "Purposeful Invasion" Trumping "Reactionary Peacekeeping"] Reference
The lines connecting wireless towers, known as backhaul, are getting more attention as a major bandwidth chokepoint. From Wordnik.com. [Private-Equity Firm to Buy RCN for $531 Million] Reference
This is the chokepoint, if you will, for the largest humanitarian operation ever mounted in the history of humankind. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2005] Reference
Yemen also controls the narrow Bab-el-Mandeb Strait -- a chokepoint through which 3.3 million barrels of oil are shipped every day. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Tucker: Yemen's Economic Crisis Threatens Volatile Region's Security (PHOTOS)] Reference
At present, the bulk of China's imported oil and gas comes by tankers passing through a geographic chokepoint: the Straits of Malacca. From Wordnik.com. [Russia and China Reverse Trade Roles] Reference
Iran upped the ante on Israel by announcing a new naval base in the Gulf of Oman at the strategic chokepoint of the Straight of Hormuz. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet: Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup] Reference
Then Theo calls while I'm out at lunch to tell me about the total foobar at the American Legion bridge which is a chokepoint on my commute. From Wordnik.com. [roland Diary Entry] Reference
The first chokepoint had me pixel hunting at every screen until I found. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
Iran, officials said, spotlighting a potential threat in a chokepoint for global. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Japan supertanker probe reveals smashed hull] Reference
"chokepoint" for the military buildup, said Port Authority General Manager Enrique J.S. Agustin. From Wordnik.com. [guampdn.com - Local News] Reference
The Strait of Hormuz, which leads to the oil fields of the Persian Gulf, is a natural chokepoint. From Wordnik.com. [Resilience Science] Reference
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