How to Use over the hump in a Sentence

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  • Will this week be the one where Mitchell gets over the hump?
    — Savannah Leigh Richardson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
  • That's what got the first set of investors over the hump ...
    — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The world expects teams like that to get over the hump — those are the rules.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
  • The Burnes move was made to push them over the hump, not get them back to par.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
  • What was the final move that got this thing over the hump?
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023
  • Adding Guerrero could be the piece that gets them over the hump.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025
  • But Democrats weren’t quite able to get over the hump after that.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But can this band — this core group of players — get over the hump?
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Marian, with 20 turnovers in the game, couldn’t get over the hump in the fourth quarter.
    — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2022
  • McDermott hopes his team can get over the hump in 2024.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The Wildcats were not able to quite get over the hump, scoring just two more points in the final 3:46.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2023
  • De La Salle reached the Open Division title game in each of the last four years, but couldn’t get over the hump.
    — Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • This would be a good time for Jimbo Fisher to find those one or two plays to get his team over the hump.
    — John Talty | [email protected], al, 23 Oct. 2022
  • These three could be the keys to Detroit finally getting over the hump in 2025.
    — Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Downing and Thompson delivered key hits again to get the game tied, but the Huskies could not get over the hump.
    — Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 May 2025
  • Or will Oregon’s boost in recruiting get the Ducks over the hump of losing close games to UW the last few years?
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • There are foundations that could get us over the hump, is that what is needed?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 13 June 2016
  • Yet, with Holiday in the fold doing the dirty work and filling all the gaps, the Celtics were able to get over the hump and back to the league’s mountaintop.
    — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Baylor kept the game within reach, getting within 3 points but couldn't get over the hump.
    — David Smale, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
  • And thankfully, this discourse didn’t need to turn toxic in order to get it over the hump!
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The Reds hired Francona last October to get a young, talented team over the hump.
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The Falcons should get over the hump on Sunday against a Seahawks offense that hasn’t scored in six quarters.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The Orioles, while talented, are still relying on youth to get them over the hump.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 July 2023
  • Since then, Jonas has gotten over the hump and went on to have several roles in both movies and television.
    — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • But on the whole, the industry has made a lot of progress and gotten over the hump of early HDMI 2.1 frustrations.
    — Chris Welch, The Verge, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Of greatest concern, though, is the fact the world stage is proving too big for Andonovski, the person tasked with making the changes the U.S. needs to get over the hump.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • But Friday’s win over the Grizzlies showed the Lakers could get over the hump against top competition.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • For whatever reason, Frost could never quite get over the hump.
    — Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
  • If star quarterback Aaron Rodgers can last more than four plays this season, the Jets could finally get over the hump.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • The loser will face the same old questions about its inability to get over the hump in January.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025

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