clambers

verb

present tense third-person singular of clamber
as in climbs
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 clambers On a weekend morning, a van leaves Damascus and clambers toward Monte Rosa, a rocky area on the outskirts of the Syrian capital. — Adri Salido, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Aug. 2026 His colleague, a newly qualified environmental engineer, clambers up onto the backseat. — Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025 Joe, glowering, stalks off through the crowd, clambers into his vehicle, and drives off. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clambers
  1. climbs
  2. scrambles
Verb
  • From the city of Houghton, the road heads north through the lakeside communities of Eagle River and Eagle Harbor before reaching Brockway Mountain Drive, which climbs above Lake Superior near the tiny town of Copper Harbor.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Volume climbs, the invoice becomes material and the architecture is already difficult to change.
    — Giles Whiting, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of climbs
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  • Prices are unlikely to fall below $100 per barrel anytime soon, analysts said, with traders increasingly pricing in a significant loss of regional supply as Saudi Arabia scrambles to restore a crucial pipeline.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • As the world scrambles to commercialize safer solid-state batteries and cheaper sodium-ion alternatives, knowing exactly how ions move is everything.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of scrambles

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“Clambers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clambers. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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