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hiccups

NOUN
diaphragm spasms
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For all its little hiccups, “Carrie” does make one feel sad maybe 80% of the time, and anxious the rest of it, which is to say it does its job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Now Bob Chesney and the Bruins ask for patience as they work through their early hiccups.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

To be sure, the changes are not without hiccups.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

He looked at me with consternation as my coughing subsided to spluttering and then, finally, to painful wrenching hiccups.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly



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