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
This is a deciduous vine that prefers a shady exposure, sips water, and will happily clamber up the branches of a native oak or any other tree.
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
The piece is a collection of disused shoemaker boxes, once used by cobblers to keep tools, pressed against each other and stacked up, clambering toward the ceiling.
—Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
One person gets swept up in the water while others clamber to the sides of the area as screams are heard in the background.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
His colleague, a newly qualified environmental engineer, clambers up onto the backseat.
—Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
The piece is a collection of disused shoemaker boxes, once used by cobblers to keep tools, pressed against each other and stacked up, clambering toward the ceiling.
—Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
One person gets swept up in the water while others clamber to the sides of the area as screams are heard in the background.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
His colleague, a newly qualified environmental engineer, clambers up onto the backseat.
—Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
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For five years, the group from Mexico's National Autonomous University has climbed the volcano with pounds of equipment, risked data loss due to bad weather or a volcanic explosion and used artificial intelligence to analyze the seismic data.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
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But as prices have climbed in recent days, locals have increasingly stayed away from the market stalls, reducing the chaos to a relative hush.—
Regina Garcia Cano,
Fortune,
10 Jan. 2026
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At the landfill site dozens of rescuers scrambled overnight in search of people trapped.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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Carson Beck scrambled for a 3-yard touchdown with 18 seconds left, and Miami will head back home for a shot at its first national title since 2001 after beating Mississippi 31-27 in an exhilarating College Football Playoff semifinal at the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday night.—
John Marshall,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Clamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamber. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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