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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
the toddler scrambled up the stairs
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as in disrupted
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
scrambled the letters of the word
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Recent Examples of scrambled
The offices of McEwen and Sheffield and the Alaska State Troopers all scrambled, trying to answer their questions and offer some closure.
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Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Both years, from his office three hours away near Champaign, Hiatt and a small team of federal officials with the Natural Resources Conservation Service scrambled to come up with easement funds, even outside of a disaster declaration.
—Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
On September 19, 1976, two Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets scrambled to intercept a luminous unidentified object over Tehran.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
The group scrambled to buy tickets and tried to make sure each purchase was a different set of numbers.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2025
Andrews scrambled left and found Evan Shirazi alone near the back of the end zone for a 21-7 lead and his third touchdown toss of the opening half.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
In June, for example, Rosa Soto scrambled to find where a longtime family friend, Martin Guzman, was taken after he was detained by immigration authorities at a Home Depot in Chino, California.
—Byron Tau, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Fernández Noroña reportedly yelled back, as the two politicians violently shoved each other as colleagues scrambled to intervene.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
While driving, McGee dropped his mobile phone and scrambled to pick it up.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
Both years, from his office three hours away near Champaign, Hiatt and a small team of federal officials with the Natural Resources Conservation Service scrambled to come up with easement funds, even outside of a disaster declaration.
—Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
On September 19, 1976, two Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets scrambled to intercept a luminous unidentified object over Tehran.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
The group scrambled to buy tickets and tried to make sure each purchase was a different set of numbers.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2025
Andrews scrambled left and found Evan Shirazi alone near the back of the end zone for a 21-7 lead and his third touchdown toss of the opening half.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 30 Aug. 2025
In June, for example, Rosa Soto scrambled to find where a longtime family friend, Martin Guzman, was taken after he was detained by immigration authorities at a Home Depot in Chino, California.
—Byron Tau, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Fernández Noroña reportedly yelled back, as the two politicians violently shoved each other as colleagues scrambled to intervene.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
While driving, McGee dropped his mobile phone and scrambled to pick it up.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrambled
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Ireland climbed 17 spots, propelled by career opportunities and new remote-work legislation, despite persistent challenges around housing and healthcare.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Topix climbed 1% to a record high.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
7 Sep. 2025
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When gamma rhythms are disrupted, as has been observed in ADHD, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease, signals may arrive out of step and fail to get through cleanly, resulting in poorer attention and memory functioning.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
2 Sep. 2025
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In this game, the creatures are called Anima and they’ve been scattered all across the world when the balance of the magical ‘Nexus’ is disrupted.—
David Jagneaux,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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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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Over the past two months, he’s been shuffled through three detention centers despite attempts to pay a bond set by the immigration judge.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
22 Aug. 2025
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On Wednesday Ahn slowly shuffled to a bridge leading to the Korean Peninsula’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), pleading for permission to cross the zone – one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world – and enter North Korea.—
Gawon Bae,
CNN Money,
20 Aug. 2025
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The office had been working with elderly, low-income and disabled people to see what most confused them about SSA processes and what would most help them if these were redesigned.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Forgive some Colorado Avalanche fans if they’re confused by the lack of noise as training camp beckons.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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Daskalakis was disturbed by Kennedy’s comments that chickens that survive H5N1 bird flu are genetically superior and that the stronger children who get measles will survive.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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On another job in an extravagant mansion, he’s disturbed by a loud noise upstairs.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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Those aren’t just random words jumbled together to test your reading comprehension—they’re the outcome of recent brand collaborations with Liquid Death.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Scrambled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrambled. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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