“The loud woman lets out a loud hiccup. I sip my beer and try to read on. Another hiccup. I think of Hogarth and 'Gin Lane'. Another hiccup.”

“The armored train that delivered Kim Jong Un to Russia encountered a minor hiccup, as the train car door did not line up with the red carpet laid out for Kim's platform arrival.”

“Progress was steady, with a hiccup or two in between.”

“No sobs or splutters or hiccoughs spilled from her trembling lip, although, her lip did tremble.”

“They came to thank us for the grace they had received for, they said, he was no longer troubled by the annoying hiccoughs.”

“Yet again, computer experience means that the slightest design and manufacturing hiccoughs can be pre-empted and solved.”