as in to climb
to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling
clambered over a wall and was never seen again
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Recent Examples of clamber
Music blared as children clambered on the stage table, where Red Cross representatives had signed handover documents just minutes before.
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Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
The men then clambered down to the water before launching a raft from the northeast shore of the island.
—Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
But all 80 people aboard clambered out of the jet, which was coming in from Minneapolis.
—Tiffany May, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The picture-takers have ignored it, often clambering over to take their photos.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 14 Jan. 2025
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Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2025
The men then clambered down to the water before launching a raft from the northeast shore of the island.
—Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
But all 80 people aboard clambered out of the jet, which was coming in from Minneapolis.
—Tiffany May, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The picture-takers have ignored it, often clambering over to take their photos.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clamber
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Attendance climbed to nearly 14,000 per game, up from fewer than 6,000 in 2022.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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One Saturday afternoon in March, two dozen tourists representing a near-complete range of the human life span climbed aboard a trolley at Green-Wood and submitted to the effervescence of Marge Raymond, a seasoned singer with a blond updo and sunglasses the size of T-bones.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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The Armed Forces Operational Command in Poland -- a NATO nation that borders Ukraine to the west -- said in a Sunday morning post to X that its fighter jets were scrambled during the Russian attack.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
25 May 2025
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The Pacific Beach bar and restaurant offers a variety of food and beverage items, including a breakfast burrito with chorizo, potatoes, poblanos, roasted corn, queso fresco, cheddar cheese, scrambled eggs and cilantro in a spinach tortilla.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2025
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“Clamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamber. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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