scrabbled

past tense of scrabble
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as in climbed
to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea

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Verb
  • Sales of non-strategic cards and collectible stickers climbed by $565 million, or 156%, to $925 million in the same period, Circana said.
    Luke Fountain, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In hot spots like Mission Bay, near OpenAI’s headquarters, rents climbed 13% recently.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Onana then fumbled a low cross from the right by Yasin Ayari, with the ball falling to the feet of Georginio Rutter.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Last season, Daniels fumbled the ball twice in the last five minutes.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
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  • Milwaukee County Transit System officials scrambled behind the scenes to figure out solutions to a looming deficit crisis while keeping top county leadership in the dark, new emails obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reveal.
    Vanessa Swales, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • When the price of metal caps tripled virtually overnight owing to supply issues, for example, Chun scrambled to find comparable plastic ones.
    Alexandra Kirkman, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
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  • The new research puts that mystery to rest and can help paleontologists find, recognize and analyze future mummy finds for tiny clues into how giant dinosaurs really looked.
    Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
  • On glam, Kardashian looked to Dimitris Giannetos for her sophisticated slickback bun, with bronzed makeup, and long black talon nails.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Where a missile had destroyed two multi-storey residential buildings during the night, people clambered over an immense mound of dislocated concrete to pry out victims, footage obtained by Reuters showed.
    Steven Scheer, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That leaves an untold number of fans who may have purchased an indoor antenna, a new receiver or even clambered up onto a roof to hook up an outdoor antenna, with a bunch of wires and a blank TV screen.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
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“Scrabbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrabbled. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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