as in climbing
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 clambering
Dante and Virgil escape Hell by clambering down Satan's monstrous hide and through Earth's center of gravity.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 May 2026
Witness Foligno clambering over Jake Oettinger as the puck rolled up the goalie’s spine and into the net.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
People were clambering for a photo.
—Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
After clambering through the woods, Bowie, with help from her friend Laurie Brasil, reached Shy and was shocked to find Bow sitting right beside her.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
In November, a wildlife photographer out on a whale watching trip in waters off the city captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering onto the stern of her boat.
—CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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
By the end of the night, so many fans had crowd-surfed from the pit to the stage, clambering onto the platform, that the band members were barely visible.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
Even back on board, the show continues after dark, with pelicans and reef sharks drawn to the yacht’s lights and sea lions sometimes clambering onto the aft deck.
—Rachel Ingram, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 May 2026
Witness Foligno clambering over Jake Oettinger as the puck rolled up the goalie’s spine and into the net.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
People were clambering for a photo.
—Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
After clambering through the woods, Bowie, with help from her friend Laurie Brasil, reached Shy and was shocked to find Bow sitting right beside her.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
In November, a wildlife photographer out on a whale watching trip in waters off the city captured dramatic video and photos of a pod of killer whales hunting a seal that survived only by clambering onto the stern of her boat.
—CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
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
By the end of the night, so many fans had crowd-surfed from the pit to the stage, clambering onto the platform, that the band members were barely visible.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2025
Even back on board, the show continues after dark, with pelicans and reef sharks drawn to the yacht’s lights and sea lions sometimes clambering onto the aft deck.
—Rachel Ingram, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clambering
Verb
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Just ask Panthers guard Robert Hunt, who has stories about Eagles fans climbing onto opposing team buses and wreaking havoc.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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However, the young Italian appeared to go over his limit by attempting to match Vingegaard, quickly becoming gapped after just a kilometre of climbing together.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Finance teams are recalculating margins, and product leaders are scrambling to explain budget overruns that no one forecasted.—
Alberto Gimeno,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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And new compounds are popping up with staggering speed, leaving law enforcement scrambling to keep up.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026
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“Clambering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clambering. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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