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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
Finance teams are recalculating margins, and product leaders are scrambling to explain budget overruns that no one forecasted.
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Alberto Gimeno, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
And new compounds are popping up with staggering speed, leaving law enforcement scrambling to keep up.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 18 May 2026
Crews were scrambling to keep flames from moving down slopes into the suburban neighborhoods of Thousand Oaks.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Gonzalez extended the drive by scrambling for a conversion on fourth down.
—Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2026
By the end of the year, the team was scrambling to sign Rodgers’ old friend Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Adam Thielen, who retired months later.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 17 May 2026
At the same time, Arizona, California and Nevada are scrambling to conserve water, unveiling an emergency proposal that would pay some users to consume less.
—Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 17 May 2026
When Devers hit a towering fly ball to left fielder Tyler Soderstrom in the top of the first, Soderstrom started to settle under the ball before scrambling in to make the catch.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 17 May 2026
But parents say the largely unregulated industry is failing the kids and leaving families scrambling.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Alberto Gimeno, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
And new compounds are popping up with staggering speed, leaving law enforcement scrambling to keep up.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 18 May 2026
Crews were scrambling to keep flames from moving down slopes into the suburban neighborhoods of Thousand Oaks.
—ABC News, 18 May 2026
Gonzalez extended the drive by scrambling for a conversion on fourth down.
—Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2026
By the end of the year, the team was scrambling to sign Rodgers’ old friend Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Adam Thielen, who retired months later.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 17 May 2026
At the same time, Arizona, California and Nevada are scrambling to conserve water, unveiling an emergency proposal that would pay some users to consume less.
—Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 17 May 2026
When Devers hit a towering fly ball to left fielder Tyler Soderstrom in the top of the first, Soderstrom started to settle under the ball before scrambling in to make the catch.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 17 May 2026
But parents say the largely unregulated industry is failing the kids and leaving families scrambling.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrambling
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Just ask Panthers guard Robert Hunt, who has stories about Eagles fans climbing onto opposing team buses and wreaking havoc.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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However, the young Italian appeared to go over his limit by attempting to match Vingegaard, quickly becoming gapped after just a kilometre of climbing together.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The Port of Seattle and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport endured a cyberattack in August 2024 initiated by a ransomware group that caused some IT system outages disrupting Wi-Fi, facility websites, flight display screens and check-in kiosks.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
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The process of how art gets made seems to change every day, with new technologies disrupting old workflows and evolving methods of distribution and monetization.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
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Dante and Virgil escape Hell by clambering down Satan's monstrous hide and through Earth's center of gravity.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
11 May 2026
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Witness Foligno clambering over Jake Oettinger as the puck rolled up the goalie’s spine and into the net.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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This meant slowly shuffling into the wilderness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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At 2-0 down, and with Nuno Espirito Santo shuffling to a back-four, there was a flicker of a pulse and two decent saves from Nick Pope.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
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Winners are chosen by a mix of votes from the two, translated into points by a system confusing even to Eurovision fans.—
Jill Lawless,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2026
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Clients hiring us for AI narrative work are under investor pressure to move fast, and the cost of confusing speed with substance will show up on their balance sheets.—
Kathleen Lucente,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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There's also an argument to be made that this is disturbing the wildlife at the national park, which is a valid concern.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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Disrupting the possibility of cheerful solitude is both a stylistic and social shift, disturbing the film’s non-narrative serenity while depicting how dismantling the safety net displaces basic functions onto those least able to bear them.—
Vadim Rizov,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Scrambling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrambling. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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