clamber
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As long as fans still hunger to see their favorite artists live, it seems likely that singers will keep trying to clamber back onto stage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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
That's why politicians, business and civic leaders, academics and investors all clamber to get into the room.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025
Even the dim sight of it, mostly lines and edges of shadow descending into blackness, brought back to Mark the memory of the flood and their mad clamber up the stairs of the skyscraper.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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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
Orban is faced with economic stagnation this year and a widening budget deficit as the country clambers out of Europe's highest inflation rates that peaked above 25% in the first quarter.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2023
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
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
Swiftly, Zola clambers down through the trippy-trap door.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
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Americans have clambered to travel overseas in recent years, and airlines are racing to add service to match their zeal for new experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
Duchamp clambered into a taxi, packed up his canvas and lugged it home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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
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I soon found myself clambering on hands and knees in my swim shorts into a dirt-floored dome made from sticks and blankets, and sitting cross-legged as red-hot volcanic stones were laid in a central pit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
There, I joined a dozen young locals clambering aboard a rustic barge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
Gentoo penguins and elephant seals ogled them as they began clambering over boulders along the shore.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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