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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

As we looked out over the bay, its turquoise edges giving out to darker blue, Olsi pointed at a hump of land rising out of the water.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

He’ll be a critical part of the Chargers’ offense and a major factor in determining whether the franchise can get over the playoff hump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

"Once you start to get over that hump and you get a win, you get another win, it sort of breeds confidence from there," he said.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

But the greatest moment of all was when the biggest hump broke like a small earthquake and out came the sloping back, the large, wise head, and the four baggy- trousered legs of an elephant.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

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

As the glacier inched over humps and dips in the Cwm’s underlying strata, it fractured into countless vertical fissures—crevasses.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

He pointed to a green humped structure with a bobble head attached to one side by a stubby neck made of coiled spring.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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