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as in climbing
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 disrupting
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
scrambled the letters of the word
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Recent Examples of scrambling
Emergency services are scrambling to find survivors today, with military troops, police and civilian volunteers carrying out door-by-door searches.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Nonetheless, it was widely seen as an opening move that had other feds scrambling for hard answers from bosses.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
The defense somehow failed to account for Bo Nix’s scrambling ability on a 7-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Parsons possibly saved a touchdown with a sack of a scrambling Prescott.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Nix almost delivered a huge fourth-quarter first down, scrambling for 11 yards when 12 were needed.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Herbert was scrambling again, evading defensive end Zach Allen and slinging it right-handed from the 25-yard line while running to his left, just before linebacker Nik Bonitto drove him to the ground.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Last week, Joe Burrow’s toe injury set off a chain-reaction of quarterbacks getting hurt, and fantasy football owners in season-long leagues scrambling to the waiver wire.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
Even scrambling around, his knee was bothering him.
—Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Nonetheless, it was widely seen as an opening move that had other feds scrambling for hard answers from bosses.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
The defense somehow failed to account for Bo Nix’s scrambling ability on a 7-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.
—Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Parsons possibly saved a touchdown with a sack of a scrambling Prescott.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Nix almost delivered a huge fourth-quarter first down, scrambling for 11 yards when 12 were needed.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
Herbert was scrambling again, evading defensive end Zach Allen and slinging it right-handed from the 25-yard line while running to his left, just before linebacker Nik Bonitto drove him to the ground.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
Last week, Joe Burrow’s toe injury set off a chain-reaction of quarterbacks getting hurt, and fantasy football owners in season-long leagues scrambling to the waiver wire.
—Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
Even scrambling around, his knee was bothering him.
—Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrambling
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The latest reading reveals that inflation has caught up with many items with the overall index climbing nearly 11% over the past two and a half years.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
3 Oct. 2025
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Simple tasks like sitting on the couch, climbing into a car seat or getting down on the floor became difficult.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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Ride-hailing giants Uber and Bolt are disrupting Kenya’s lucrative safari market with new services that are driving fears of price cuts among traditional tour operators.—
Martin K.N Siele,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Cuban founded Cost Plus Drugs, a similar direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform, in 2022 with the goal of disrupting the health care industry.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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To him, the equipment staff shuffling pieces around on the field during practice is just as important as the head coach standing by.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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During the 2024 rampage, two suspects wearing masks were captured on surveillance video shuffling up a driveway and firing weapons towards the home.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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CarShield has received positive comments for its breadth of coverage and quick response times, although some policyholders have complained about claim denials, fine-print surprises and confusing sales practices.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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The merger will divide Elon, confusing prospective and current students.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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When a school principal (Ashley Padilla) and a teacher (Mikey Day) reprimand a student (Hernandez) for disturbing drawings of him attacking the principal, the student’s father (Bad Bunny) comes in, and Padilla’s principal, immediately smitten, changes course to hitting on the student’s father.—
Rima Parikh,
Vulture,
5 Oct. 2025
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Something, the researchers said, must be disturbing these orbits and tilting them.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Scrambling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrambling. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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