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hiccups

NOUN
diaphragm spasms
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That means the company can little afford continued hiccups with Starship, the successor to SpaceX’s tried and tested Falcon 9 rockets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

And that means the company can little afford continued hiccups with Starship, the successor to SpaceX’s tried and tested Falcon 9 rockets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

SpaceX will aspire the next time around to execute a launch, ascent, stage separation, boostback burn and landing burn of the booster offshore without hiccups.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 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

The sudden crying had started her with the hiccups.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers



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