hiccup

Example Sentences

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After the hiccup, Riley said the team responded well and it was back to business.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 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

They elongate their wings, hiss and hiccup, then fly toward me.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton