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Braun told me that managed security service providers offer a two-way benefit: it helps his project get over the scalability hump by pooling resources, while the small utilities benefit from a shared information environment.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

Hidden in rivers and lakes, a massive crocodile with a distinctive hump on its snout likely posed one of the greatest dangers to these ancient hominins.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026

"Perhaps we got carried away by the response to tourism in Kashmir. We thought we were over a hump but we were not."

From BBC ● May 17, 2025

The memory of a blown 27-point lead in the 2022 wild-card game likely won’t fully fade until the team gets over the postseason hump under Harbaugh and quarterback Justin Herbert.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025

The years had bent her spine and put a crone’s hump upon her back, but the widow’s eyes were bright and black.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

It’s not as fussy as LVP with respect to humps and bumps on the floor.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 15, 2024

The eyes dart back and forth across the desert landscape, detecting rocks, dips and humps, variations in sand color flashing into view like a real-life scene from “Mad Max.”

From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

There will undoubtedly be humps along the way for England, before or even during next summer's Ashes.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2022

When it comes to lightening leadfoots, though, speed humps are considerably more effective than the occasional appearance of a patrol car or motorcycle cop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

Jonesy is watching me as the bus slows down and humps over a speed bump.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

She “scrabbled, thrutched, clawed, and humped her way up the volume, then threw out right to a bowling-ball sloper, cut her feet, pendulumed out beneath it, and matched it,” writes Mr. Tallent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

It was in a humped position while walking and seemed unable to move, indicating severe abdominal pain, officers said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2023

It has cloned critically endangered, double-humped wild Bactrian camels using the eggs and surrogate mothers of single humped camels, Wani said.

From Reuters ● May 25, 2023

For four months, state and federal officials have sanctioned a hunt of the shaggy, humped animals that delight millions of tourists and are a centerpiece of Native American culture and history.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

I could close my eyes and almost see him, humped up and waddling along, fishing under the banks with his delicate little paws for crawfish, frogs, and minnows.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

Training a dog to stop humping may be difficult, as it is often a compulsive behavior.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2019

Give Logan Paul a camera and put him in an elevator and he will probably start humping the handrail, or pressing every single button, or something even more stupid.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2018

“Every person I know is humping it, and he or she gained that ethic from growing up in the inner city,” he writes persuasively.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2015

Mr. Hetherington broke his leg on a mission and had to walk four hours down a mountain on it, humping his gear, to get back to camp.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2011

On January 1, Orde-Lees was skiing near the edge of the floe when a twelve-foot-long, fanged leopard seal lunged up out of the water and began humping toward him at astonishing speed.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong