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Can you 'increase pressure' by restricting fluid flow?

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I just read this, from a site dedicated to popularizing science:

" ...think of air as being like water. If you have a garden hose and put your thumb over the end, the pressure increases and water sprays out. Same thing with air. Except the increased pressure is under a plane's wings and keeps it up."

Surely this has it all backwards? Bernoulli's principle, etc...

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