clambered

past tense of clamber
as in climbed
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 clambered Several members equipped with climbing harnesses clambered up a small tree on the school’s front lawn and dangled from its limbs on climbing ropes. Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 Cars honked their horns and cyclists pulled over to tune in as flags fluttered in the wind, fans clambered to see the screen, and people hugged and shouted. Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 17 June 2026 Three mules ferrying bags of cement clambered past us on their own dirt track that ran shorter and even steeper up to the top. Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026 The smugglers let him aboard, and the boy clambered around hatches that, if opened, would reveal dozens of felonies worth of illicit cargo. Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 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 His friend who was hiking with him clambered to an area with cell service to call for help after Casanova fell more than 500 feet near the steep Devils Backbone trail, the sheriff’s department said in a press release. Lucy Hodgman, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Jan. 2026 As men clambered into the world-famous museum, nobody was actively monitoring that specific feed, legislators were told. Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2025 In the mood to handle the lights himself a couple of weeks ago, Foil put up a ladder and clambered atop the roof. Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 6 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clambered
Verb
  • Now, as my anxiety climbed, the smell was becoming inseparable from the fear.
    Ledio Cakaj, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Ossoff has climbed sharply in prediction markets since the spring, with his chances of capturing the Democratic nomination roughly tripling and moving him into the same conversation as Newsom and Ocasio-Cortez.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
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  • Instead of letting go of the ball and throwing with anticipation, Mendoza scrambled.
    Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Wasserman Schultz is seeking her 12th term by running in a new district after Republicans scrambled the state’s congressional map earlier this year.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

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“Clambered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clambered. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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