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The Clippers, meanwhile, are still trying to get over the hump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 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

A minifridge locks into the hump between the rear two seats, and you can adjust temperature from, yes, any of the many screens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

He asked Dean: "They'll give it to me and they won't get the hump over that then, will they? They won't make you sleep in the spare bedroom?"

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025

Every few miles they stop and set up a transceiver on some hump or ridge.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

The government wants to cut emissions by replacing fossil fuel boilers with electric heat humps and in some cases hydrogen-powered devices, as well as making use of greener heat networks.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2023

It could well be humps, plural, now for Buffalo.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023

Thursday, the city will open the application window for speed humps, the low and wide version of the familiar parking-lot axle-bouncers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

He could see humps of shadow, moving and dancing.

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

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

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 distinctive humped upper deck, it’s the only airplane many flyers can recognize on first sight.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

Our sons, tired out, were humped together asleep, the youngest clutching a sugary confection in one sticky fist.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

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