hiccup
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Thursday’s vote is a huge step forward for the crypto industry’s biggest legislative priority, but even a small hiccup could derail its path to becoming law.
From Barron's ● May 14, 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
After the hiccup, Riley said the team responded well and it was back to business.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
A little hiccup escapes her mouth when she opens it to speak, but she, as always, says the right thing.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Products must turn faster through a central warehouse, and there is a greater risk that spoilage or production hiccups result in unfilled orders, executives and employees said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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
Getting rid of the physical disc also facilitates distribution by reducing supply-chain hiccups and the possibility of a premature leak.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
There have already been hiccups in the buildout, and more may be on the horizon.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
His answers were a series of head movements, punctuated by yawning, raised eyebrows, and semi-swallowed hiccups.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Both division rivals were heavy favorites Sunday and neither hiccuped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2021
One man, the late Charles Osborne of Iowa, reportedly hiccuped for 68 years straight.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2021
The patient with the longest recorded case, according to Guinness World Records, was Charles Osborne of Anthon, Iowa, who hiccuped for 68 years straight.
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
“Stop skulking and come and join us, Severus!” hiccuped Slughorn happily.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" 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
Within seconds, I’m crying, sweating and hiccuping — simultaneously.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022
The hiccuping ultimately "escalated to…a good deal of hiccup-induced puking," he said.
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
I was in my gifted class when I started hiccuping, which made the others laugh.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
"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
Celeste hiccupped or burped and it turned into a small retch, but nothing came up.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 22, 2019
I longed for a phrase that simply grew, one note to the next, like a singer; instead the lines hiccupped or gasped, the vibrato intermittent or delayed.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 12, 2017
The technicians are searching this layout for "events," or instances where Holloway's breathing, heart rate or brain waves hiccupped.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
The radio hiccupped into a jingle for Forever Young Jeans’.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
If you are gargling at the same time that you are hiccupping, you might aspirate water.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
“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
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
“Thank you, everyone,” I said, my voice hiccupping.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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