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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

One of the crocodile's most unusual features was a prominent hump located in the middle of its snout.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026

By finally getting over the hump with World Series titles in 2020 and 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2025

"I know there are some PRs whose default it is to lean into humour to bridge the scandal and get over the hump."

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025

“The emperors used to eat the peaked hump of purple dromedaries,” she would say.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Additional interventions include stenciled speed limits on the road, speed humps, red-light cameras, as well as partnerships with police and public health departments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

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

Projects typically include speed humps, narrower lanes, signs and landscaped barriers.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

He could see humps of shadow, moving and dancing.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

“The rain has swollen the river to a thick brown muscle, humped up in the middle by its own force,” Cal notices, inspecting the ground where Rachel’s body was found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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

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

With its humped shoulders, vast girth and constitutional reluctance to back away from a fight, the species was seen as a threat to both humans and to livestock.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2021

From the beginning, when as a child he realized his humped body would never conquer worlds, he relied on his mind.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

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

Across the school grounds and in the woods and in backyards and in every corner of the county, pumpjacks continue their slow rhythm, humping at the earth.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez