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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

"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

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

Or maybe the Buffalo Bills or Baltimore Ravens will finally get over the hump.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2025

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

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2022

To qualify for speed humps, a segment must have a speed limit no higher than 30 mph.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2022

They wore beautifully colored woollen coverings over their humps, and headstalls with tassels of dark red, green, and blue trailing almost to the ground.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

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

The pom-pom on his stocking cap hung far down his humped shoulder.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

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