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clamber

[klam-ber, klam-er] / ˈklæm bər, ˈklæm ər /
VERB
mount
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It is her way of culling the weaklings; she will care only for the cubs that survive the fall and clamber back up to the bridge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Driver Andriy, 53, is one of the first Ukrainian faces many of the freed soldiers see as they clamber onto his bus.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 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

At least they did once the water had receded sufficiently for them to climb down from trees and clamber off their cars and try to re-orientate themselves.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2024

Only the gods can travel on the rainbow; it would burn the feet of any frost giants or trolls who attempted to clamber up it to reach Asgard.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

But the rescuer reaches Alma first, and she clambers out - unaided - from between jagged slabs of concrete and twisted metal bars.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2024

Nyayien Yow, a widowed mother of five, scrapes together a living by paddling out into the floodwater by canoe, where she clambers up semi-submerged trees to collect firewood for sale in a local market.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2023

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

Amid a torrential downpour, a broken man clambers up a slope and finds himself face to face with a large, growling dog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2020

He spits on the sand in front of him, then clambers on board with his family.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Army personnel lowered themselves from the helicopter and clambered up a muddy slope to pull out people covered in mud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Several members equipped with climbing harnesses clambered up a small tree on the school’s front lawn and dangled from its limbs on climbing ropes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

When referee Mary Victoria Penso blew the final whistle in New Jersey, Ecuador Sebastian Beccacece clambered over the stadium barriers to celebrate with his family.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

The first person Andreeva turned to hug when she clambered up to the players' box after her victory on Court Philippe Chatrier was Martinez.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

Loki clambered down from her lap and staggered away, both hands clutching between his legs as he went, glaring in an aggrieved fashion at all the gods and goddesses, who only laughed the louder.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

There, I joined a dozen young locals clambering aboard a rustic barge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Obviously, clambering up and down the dangerously steep pass, ferrying goods on horseback or by mule or — for a few wacky, experimental months in the mid-1850s, Army camels — wasn’t workable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Despite his disappointment, Djokovic showed his sportsmanship by clambering over the net to warmly hug Alcaraz on creating a slice of history.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

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

He started clambering sideways toward the helm, but when he saw the monster surface, he forgot how to move.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan




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