hiccup

Example Sentences

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From time to time, I saw a hiccup here, a little sluggishness there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

His only other hiccup came in the third inning, when he hit Jason Matthews with a stray breaking ball on a full count.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Any hiccup in that flywheel—like a report about reluctant lenders—can send the stock plunging.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

But that market hiccup was followed by more spending on AI and accelerating growth of AI tokens, or the pieces of information processed by AI models, Arya said.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026

“I love Oregon,” she says with a hiccup attempt at a laugh.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman