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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
As uncertainty continues around when federal food aid will be restored, school districts across North Texas are scrambling to make sure students and their families aren’t forced to go hungry.
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Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
But the company is scrambling to regain its lead position in the market after losing market share to its chief rival, Eli Lilly, over the last year and struggling to impress investors with its current obesity pipeline.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
That meant scrambling to construct scores of new facilities.
—Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Williams was 3-for-8 passing, constantly scrambling and throwing it away.
—Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
One Florida mother who spoke to USA TODAY echoes millions of Americans scrambling to figure out how to put food on the table with just a few days' notice.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
One of the men charged in a shooting that injured two people and sent attendees at a North Kansas City High School basketball game scrambling for safety last year has pleaded guilty to four felony charges.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
At least six people have died on Whitney in the past two years, most of them on the Mountaineer’s Route — a shorter but steeper alternative to the main trail that involves scrambling on rocks.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The United States is already scrambling to learn what sort of space capabilities China has, what the CCP is building, and what China’s real intentions are.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Nov. 2025
But the company is scrambling to regain its lead position in the market after losing market share to its chief rival, Eli Lilly, over the last year and struggling to impress investors with its current obesity pipeline.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025
That meant scrambling to construct scores of new facilities.
—Time, 5 Nov. 2025
Williams was 3-for-8 passing, constantly scrambling and throwing it away.
—Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
One Florida mother who spoke to USA TODAY echoes millions of Americans scrambling to figure out how to put food on the table with just a few days' notice.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
One of the men charged in a shooting that injured two people and sent attendees at a North Kansas City High School basketball game scrambling for safety last year has pleaded guilty to four felony charges.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
At least six people have died on Whitney in the past two years, most of them on the Mountaineer’s Route — a shorter but steeper alternative to the main trail that involves scrambling on rocks.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
The United States is already scrambling to learn what sort of space capabilities China has, what the CCP is building, and what China’s real intentions are.
—Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrambling
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As Arizona squeezes more money from its decreasing share of river water, freighting every drop with critical industries and a booming housing market, the price of water is bound to keep climbing.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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The series is already becoming an obsession among Apple TV subscribers, quickly climbing up the streamer's top TV charts.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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In addition to disrupting the students’ routines, parents said the school closure forced them to scramble to make child care arrangements.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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And the light from screens can affect your circadian rhythm, disrupting your sleep.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
7 Nov. 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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So, if the Phillies were to target Bichette, there would be some sort of shuffling in the infield.—
Patrick McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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In 2022, Kelsey pleaded guilty to illegally shuffling money from his state Senate campaign account to his federal congressional campaign account.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Nov. 2025
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Perplexity’s image features photographs of people with some truly nightmarish distortions on its wall, while the placement of its sink is confusing and distracting.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Oct. 2025
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This was out of respect for me, and also to avoid confusing the children.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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The 34-year-old appeared to have deactivated her X account after disturbing posts on her account resurfaced online.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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There was also disturbing evidence that violence had occurred there.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Scrambling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrambling. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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