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clamber

[klam-ber, klam-er] / ˈklæm bər, ˈklæm ər /
VERB
mount
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They also managed to clamber aboard auxiliary craft, and the blue boat took all 20 fishermen on board, crew members said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

Marshals clamber over the barrier at Portier to attend to the damaged McLaren of Ayrton Senna, who crashed out of the lead in 1988 when leading by about 50 seconds.

From BBC Jun. 1, 2026

Those lucky enough to snap out of psychosis and regain touch with the tangible world are now building support groups online to help others clamber out.

From Slate Feb. 2, 2026

"Five more minutes, and I would have left you," the pilot tells the reporters as they clamber back in, the chopper stuttering up and banking over the town's remains.

From Barron's Nov. 18, 2025

The Fat Lady was snoozing and not pleased to be woken, but swung forward grumpily to allow them to clamber into the mercifully peaceful and empty common room.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

In another clandestine location, a team clambers out of a German-made Bergepanzer armoured recovery vehicle.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2024

Hafen clambers up on a rock and points to where the power line will run — marring the landscape.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2022

Staticky, menacing voices croak from old radios and Michael Burgess’s camera beckons us into underground tunnels and clambers up walls on the heels of the villain and his victims.

From New York Times Sep. 10, 2021

In a separate clip, also filmed from the crush of the crowd of several hundred people, a woman clambers over the wall.

From Reuters Aug. 19, 2021

On her first night in Casa Rosa, Zola climbs the narrow, ziggy stone steps to the tower and clambers through the tripping door up to the balcony.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

Meanwhile Viktor had clambered up the debris and began calling out to Fabiana.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

CHORNOBYL, Ukraine—When Ukrainian emergency workers clambered onto a damaged structure above Reactor No. 4 at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, there were eerie echoes of 1986.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

But after the show’s debut, fans clambered for more.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2026

Coughing and spitting on the floor, Kolya clambered to his feet with difficulty.

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

Residents in the towns of Futaba and Okuma, as well as nearby Namie and Tomioka, clambered onto buses bound for towns farther inland.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Dramatic video showed a man clambering from his balcony through a neighbour's window to escape the black smoke.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

It was August 2013, and we were clambering up the majestic and regal unrealness that is Mt.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

After clambering up three flights of a dark apartment-building stairwell, I entered Higatei, which celebrates all things awamori, an Okinawan rice-based spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

"I feel good; a little nervous, but I think it'll be fine. We'll hold on and give it everything!" said Nina Beeler, before clambering on board Cobra, an eight-year-old Swiss Brown cow.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

I don’t even remember winding the fishing line around my pole, but all of a sudden I was clambering up the bank.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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