Bottlenecked

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of bottleneck form-of, participle, past

    "With more freight routed via Spalding to avoid the bottlenecked Peterborough-Doncaster section of the East Coast Main Line, traffic delays in its town centre grew as use of the level crossing increased."

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"With more freight routed via Spalding to avoid the bottlenecked Peterborough-Doncaster section of the East Coast Main Line, traffic delays in its town centre grew as use of the level crossing increased."

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