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
The smugglers let him aboard, and the boy clambered around hatches that, if opened, would reveal dozens of felonies worth of illicit cargo.
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
The film shows places of uncommon beauty, along with the throngs of visitors who clamber to see them and, crucially, preserve their experiences in photos.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
On board, passengers chat politics in Finnish dining cars, clamber into couchettes above strangers on the Trans-Siberian, and share samosas on India’s many raucous mail trains.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
At another point, a ranger waded through the mud of a mangrove forest and clambered into a mangrove to catch a bird for a blood sample, before doing the same trek in reverse to put it back.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
The film shows places of uncommon beauty, along with the throngs of visitors who clamber to see them and, crucially, preserve their experiences in photos.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
On board, passengers chat politics in Finnish dining cars, clamber into couchettes above strangers on the Trans-Siberian, and share samosas on India’s many raucous mail trains.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
At another point, a ranger waded through the mud of a mangrove forest and clambered into a mangrove to catch a bird for a blood sample, before doing the same trek in reverse to put it back.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clamber
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The Boston Legacy have plenty of work to do to climb the National Women’s Soccer League standings.—
Boston Herald staff,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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But none of those teams have successfully overcome what is clearly a monumental hill to climb.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
10 May 2026
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Other carriers, smelling blood, had been circling for nearly a year if not longer, and within hours of the airline's collapse were scrambling to both fly ticketed Spirit customers and add to their schedules in the absence left by Spirit's yellow planes.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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The sudden cancellations effectively stranded hundreds of travelers, who were left scrambling for alternative means of transportation.—
Jessica Puckett,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 May 2026
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“Clamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamber. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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