I considered all of this as I rounded the first switchback recently for the umpteenth time.

Harbaugh pounded his chest in his umpteenth gesture of the day, the coach filled with enough charm and eccentricity to command a Hollywood stage.

“I’m sorry,” she said as her hand slipped and she fell for the umpteenth time.

"Me and Harry are fine," she insists for the umpteenth time since leaving the castle.

Finally, after the umpteenth tilt, the mercury sparks, filling the oblongs with an eerie, flickering, mesmerizing blue glow.