hiccup
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But there was a last-minute hiccup: Some members of the coalition felt the deal fell considerably short of what they had been seeking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
The result is a hiccup for Russell, who has a golden opportunity to make up ground on team-mate Antonelli, who has a 30-place grid penalty.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
They don’t think the labor market is is suffering a hiccup every summer.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The artificial-intelligence boom could see a hiccup, along with the torrent of capital spending that has kept deals flowing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
It’s that hiccup you get in your chest.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
Given that backdrop—and a recent groundswell of concern about AI agents going rogue—Meta can ill afford any user-privacy hiccups in Muse’s rollout.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
And that means any hiccups with filing or returns could result in refunds ending up in administrative limbo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Now Bob Chesney and the Bruins ask for patience as they work through their early hiccups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
To be sure, the changes are not without hiccups.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Every couple of days he’ll startle the directress with some unanswerable query: “Why do we get hiccups, Frau Elena?”
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were hiccuped and hiccupped.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
In one July 8 clip, Bolsonaro hiccuped approximately 14 times within the first minute.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2021
Even as Europe, particularly Greece, has struggled, the U.S. market has barely hiccuped.
From US News ● Nov. 6, 2015
But when Wilder's routine hiccuped regularly in the 1960s, he lost that explosive snap in his barbed approach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2015
It was several minutes before Kreacher hiccuped himself into silence.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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
The hiccuping ultimately "escalated to…a good deal of hiccup-induced puking," he said.
From Fox News ● Dec. 11, 2021
In the many recent presidential live streams, Bolsonaro’s hiccuping is evident, and he has prefaced some appearances by acknowledging his hiccupping and disrupted speech.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 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
“B-b-because there is no R. M. Wildsmith,” she says, hiccuping.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were hiccuped and hiccupped.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
"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
I hiccupped, finally finding the bananas you’d refused to eat that evening and handing you one.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
“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
His hiccupping went on for hours, and finally ended late that afternoon when their car broke down on the way to their honeymoon destination.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2021
Lincoln was hiccupping a lot in the third trimester.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2021
In the many recent presidential live streams, Bolsonaro’s hiccuping is evident, and he has prefaced some appearances by acknowledging his hiccupping and disrupted speech.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2021
At any rate, he waited till the hiccupping aftermath of his tears had subsided a little.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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