Those who did try to return calls found the lines busy (just in case people think I mean deliberately jammed), leading to critical communication lags amid a constantly shifting situation.

有些人想打电话回去的，但线路总是忙音(这让人认为是故意把线给卡了)，形势瞬息万变的时刻，通信偏偏拖慢了后腿。

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However, the effectiveness is often limited because of time constraints, leading to a situation where code reviews and inspections are either not conducted or are conducted infrequently.

然而，这种效力往往受到时间约束条件的限制，导致以下这种情况的出现：代码复查和检查或者是不被执行，或者是很少被执行。

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Those are the dry facts leading to the current situation.

这就是导致目前这种情况的基本事实。

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