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Discover LudwigThe phrase "minor hiccup" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It typically refers to a minor or trivial problem or issue that interrupts or disrupts a process or plan. Example: "We encountered a minor hiccup in our project when our internet connection went down, but we were able to quickly resolve it and continue working."
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For most viewers, the transition amounted to a minor hiccup at most.
Home screen clean-freaks might balk at keeping four apps around, but in practice it's a minor hiccup.
The only minor hiccup was that – spoiler alert – the hero had died at the end of the first movie.
An elbow injury to Trevor Story, their standout shortstop, appears to be more of a minor hiccup than a roadblock in the Rockies' pursuit of a division title.
There was a minor hiccup when part of Major Peake's safety tether appeared to be snagged, but it was quickly corrected.
It's a minor hiccup of a restructuring by the standards of Albert J. Dunlap of the Sunbeam Corporation but one that brought considerable grief to Rhode Island.
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"All minor hiccups," he opined.
"There were, not unexpectedly, a few minor hiccups," Brig.
Recent downturns in the euro area and Britain seem like minor hiccups in comparison.
But these minor hiccups come to feel endemic to Duncan's glorious, chatty project and the morally and physically ambiguous character he's created.
Aviation experts cast these issues as minor hiccups and said it was typical for new planes to experience such problems, particularly in the first few years of production.
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