as in to climb
to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling
clambered over a wall and was never seen again
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Recent Examples of clamber
After she's clambered over, Harper gently rubs her brother's back before snuggling up next to him.
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Fans in the away end were clambering over each other to sing their anthem about travelling to the Basque country, growing loud on loop in the second half as the game drifted, while Ruben Amorim made his selections and substitutions with the showpiece occasion on Wednesday in mind.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Music blared as children clambered on the stage table, where Red Cross representatives had signed handover documents just minutes before.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
The men then clambered down to the water before launching a raft from the northeast shore of the island.
—Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
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Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025
Fans in the away end were clambering over each other to sing their anthem about travelling to the Basque country, growing loud on loop in the second half as the game drifted, while Ruben Amorim made his selections and substitutions with the showpiece occasion on Wednesday in mind.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Music blared as children clambered on the stage table, where Red Cross representatives had signed handover documents just minutes before.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
The men then clambered down to the water before launching a raft from the northeast shore of the island.
—Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
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The family film is easily headed for a first-place finish at the June 13-15 box office with a projected debut of $75 million, although that number could climb higher based on preview grosses and first reactions.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2025
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Trump repeatedly referred to Biden tripping on March 19, 2021, while climbing the steps of Air Force One, which his press secretary at the time blamed on the wind, according to ABC News.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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The figure’s midsection was scrambled into colored marks, a belly button indicated by a scrawl of black on pink.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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After two years in a row of destructive glacial flooding, Juneau is scrambling to erect temporary flood barriers ahead of the next melting season, the Anchorage Daily News reported this week.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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“Clamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamber. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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