hiccup
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“I suspect that these companies will have a very long, profitable future as public companies, but there might be a little hiccup in the shares after they’re included in the indexes.”
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Blue Origin’s first commercial launch for its massive new rocket suffered a mission hiccup Sunday, a setback for Jeff Bezos’ rocket company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
"If we do have a hiccup here and there that is also good to learn from."
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
A short war would only be seen as a temporary hiccup.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
This little weirdness will be a small hiccup on our road to greatness, to epic coupledom.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
As Scott Kahan, director of the National Center for Weight and Wellness, puts it, expect confusion and hiccups at the outset.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
What 250 years means: It means that we’ve seen a lot of changes… progress with a lot of hiccups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
There have already been hiccups in the buildout, and more may be on the horizon.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
To brace for unexpected hiccups in your earnings or health, you need to plan for all scenarios rather than having a theoretical retirement date circled on your calendar.
From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026
The boy’s sobs softened to pitiful hiccups, then spiked again to shrieks as Leafie felt his arm.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Both division rivals were heavy favorites Sunday and neither hiccuped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
Aníbal Sánchez finally hiccuped in the fifth, a long solo home run from Max Muncy which splashed down deep in the right-center field bleachers, but he’d delivered as much as the Nationals could have hoped.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2019
As for Mr. Osborne, who hiccuped for almost 70 years, he learned to live with it after trying various remedies and seeing multiple specialists.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2019
Even as Europe, particularly Greece, has struggled, the U.S. market has barely hiccuped.
From US News ● Nov. 6, 2015
“I missed our 10:33 date,” Mom said quietly after Ivy hiccuped out her thank-yous.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
The 15-time major winner, 50, can be seen co-operating with authorities and then hiccuping while he is being driven away in the back of the police car.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
Within seconds, I’m crying, sweating and hiccuping — simultaneously.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022
Every few seconds, the actor could he heard hiccuping between words as he talked to the camera.
From Fox News ● Dec. 11, 2021
Others, though, would work on exams with hiccuping computers, at uncomfortable tables with other children or adults making noise nearby.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 27, 2021
Stephen clicked off his light, and Flash seemed to calm a bit, although he was definitely hiccuping.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
"The smallest things upset me. The other day I jumped when a woman in the street hiccupped as she walked past me."
From Fox News ● Dec. 5, 2019
He hiccupped in late April, allowing three runs in two innings, but the Nationals had seen what they needed to.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2019
Just as notable is the fact that Future Brown sought out women like Shawnna, 3D Na’Tee, and Maluca, whose careers have hiccupped, often through little fault of their own.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2015
As in so many previous attacks, dozens of online banking sites slowed, hiccupped or ground to a halt before recovering several minutes later.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2013
The engine hiccupped and sputtered out, and all we heard was the wind.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
If you are gargling at the same time that you are hiccupping, you might aspirate water.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
Or a friend might send me another sweet video of her newborn hiccupping.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2021
“I still write too many of her patented hiccupping, chicken-bone sentences,” said the L.A.-based writer and founder of Boyle Heights’ Libros Schmibros.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
Lincoln was hiccupping a lot in the third trimester.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2021
“Thank you, everyone,” I said, my voice hiccupping.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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