hiccups

variants also hiccoughs
plural of hiccup

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hiccups While there were occasional hiccups for the line as a whole against the Jets, the group only allowed two sacks. Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025 Regional banks bounced a bit, still down a couple percent on the week, as Thursday’s flush lower amid a few separate but coincident credit hiccups exacerbated underlying unease with the opaque and possibly lax lending across private credit and among smaller commercial banks. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025 After weeks of technical hiccups, nearly every law enforcement agency across the East Bay has now silenced their police radios. Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025 Meanwhile, hiccups and upsets to technology, to your work routine or when dealing with a pet might occur. Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025 The question is whether the hiccups are just a collection of one-offs or a signal of something larger threatening the industry. Stan Choe, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025 But the unexpected interloper turns out not to be the last of the heist’s hiccups when new team recruit Zen (Rosa Salazar) plugs Parker’s crew full of bullet holes and makes off with the rest of the cash. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025 Amid the discussion, a few audio hiccups sounded, before Consuelos grabbed at his chest and looked over toward his wife. Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025 Would seven different visions — eight including the Asics team — be able to successfully come together without any major hiccups along the way? Riley Jones, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hiccups
Noun
  • Where the VisEra device does fall short is in its response to light that comes in at an angle because of discontinuities in the metasurface.
    Gwendolyn Rak, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • As for closures and travel interruptions, Pirek said the only stoppages that will occur are some trains at Camp Pendleton.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Tense exchanges and frequent interruptions have marked the evening, as both candidates seek to land decisive blows ahead of Election Day.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The notes — about 30 rows of capital letters, numbers, dashes and parentheses broken into sections — baffled investigators.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Top 10 With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.
    Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025

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