BOTTLING UP Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

bottling (up)

verb

Definition of bottling (up)

present participle of bottle (up)

as in choking (back)

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Stocks fell again on Thursday after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC that capital for AI is scarce and holding back growth.

— Fred Imbert, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Slowik said there’s a bigger problem that’s holding back the offense.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

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Contrast therapy clubs are pulling in a crowd that would once have met at a bar, as younger adults trade cocktails for communal saunas and cold plunges.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
What could be next Expect the recurrent-UTI playbook to shift over the next 18 to 24 months, not because guidelines are being rewritten tomorrow, but because the research and the patient demand are both pulling in the same direction.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026

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