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Some aspiring buyers are digging into retirement funds or seeking out government programs to help them get over the down-payment hump.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

"They're already giving me the hump," he huffs.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

On a green hump of lawn to the left, I could see small white spots and slightly larger pink spots moving about.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Going into the second book, it was about trying to get over life’s humps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 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

He points to one line in English script, where an impatient character complains that "camels will sprout wings on their humps" if they have to wait any longer.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023

This means there can’t be any humps or deep furrows in the concrete.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023

The humps of shadow suddenly threw off their hoods.

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

Yet for their size, they are graceful swimmers, easing through the water with arched dives of their humped back that give them their name, and lifting their flukes as they dive.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 10, 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

Large and greyish purple with a humped back, the Graphorn has two very long, sharp horns, walks on large, four-thumbed feet, and has an extremely aggressive nature.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

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