humped

past tense of hump
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Recent Examples of humped For 60 years, Marshall amplifiers have been humped on and off stages and carted all over the world. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 He was humped over, digging at something in the leaf carpet. Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for humped
Verb
  • Already labored by national debt levels around double the European target, in September the French economy was downgraded by credit ratings agency Fitch.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • These women, many of whom worked in relative obscurity for all their lives, labored to redefine the rights and dignity of all people.
    Time, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The criminal complaint says Roberts initially sped away from ICE officers in his Jeep Cherokee, before abandoning the vehicle in nearby grass.
    Max Rego, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Austin Wells followed by slicing a single to right as Chisholm sped around the bases, sliding headfirst just ahead of Nate Eaton’s throw as New York took the lead.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Both teams are currently ranked in the top 10, and as is well-documented, Franklin has struggled in such games.
    Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The food bank has struggled to keep up with demand following the cuts and a decrease in private donations.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bradley then trotted up the center of the fairway, waving it to a cheering crowd.
    Hugh Kellenberger, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Innings later, Jhoan Duran’s familiar intro played on the stadium scoreboard and the closer trotted in to nail down the save.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • He was sacked four times and hurried into several throws on the run.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Guests of the event, dressed up in cocktail attire, admitted to feeling sheepish, reminded so powerfully about the current context, and hurried their way inside the storied building more quickly than in previous editions.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nobody worked harder in practice, and that became contagious to his teammates.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Kindt worked with Gorinson through several companies, including Boom!
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Howden, a backup pressed into action by injuries to both starting safeties, raced 86 yards for a touchdown that punctuated a 26-14 Saints win.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The Tar Heels were boat raced by TCU and UCF, losing by a combined 82-23.
    Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The eye midge may have implanted itself elsewhere and there’s no telling where those other icky creatures from Prodigy’s labs have scurried off to, but those are questions that will no doubt be answered once/if FX announces a second season.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2025
  • In the planning stages of the two-part Viking mission, which landed spacecraft on Mars in the mid-seventies, Sagan argued that the probes should include lights and cameras, in case creatures scurried past.
    David W. Brown, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Humped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/humped. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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