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
Though hampered somewhat by Brexit, England saw sales shrink just 5 percent over 2023 and thus clambered back to second place in the market with $10.4 billion, while China experienced a 31 percent decline, to $8.4 billion.
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News Desk, Artforum, 8 Apr. 2025
An old woman and an old man, innocent as lambs, clambering over rubble with their piteous backpacks and bundles.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
No longer does the couple have to clamber up and down half a dozen exterior stairs when hosting a garden party.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
Slowly, one by one at first, and then all together, Kemp’s ridley hatchlings push their small gray heads out of their nests, clambering on top of each other to look for the reflecting moonlight that will guide them to the water’s edge.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
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News Desk, Artforum, 8 Apr. 2025
An old woman and an old man, innocent as lambs, clambering over rubble with their piteous backpacks and bundles.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
No longer does the couple have to clamber up and down half a dozen exterior stairs when hosting a garden party.
—The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025
Slowly, one by one at first, and then all together, Kemp’s ridley hatchlings push their small gray heads out of their nests, clambering on top of each other to look for the reflecting moonlight that will guide them to the water’s edge.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clamber
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That average has actually climbed drastically in the recent days, as McMahon has seven hits in his last 10 at-bats.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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The first measles case this year was reported in late January in Texas, where the number of cases had climbed to 709 as of Friday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.—
Amir Mahmoud,
Arkansas Online,
9 May 2025
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The cancellation has jeopardized research in universities in virtually every state, leaving researchers scrambling to find funding for projects that in many cases are only partly completed.—
Steven Lee Myers,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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Yet, too often, nonprofits are forced to operate in a state of financial precarity, relying on a single source of funding or scrambling to adjust to shifting donor priorities.—
Firaaz Azeez,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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“Clamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamber. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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