clamber
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The “blue boat,” survivors said, eventually took on board all 16 crew members, who had managed to clamber into a pair of auxiliary skiffs attached to the Negra Francisca.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 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
Cluny’s followers were kicking at each other and screaming as they tried to clamber down from the high elm branches.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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A hiker clambers across a scorched landscape of ash, his footsteps crunching on charred earth as he peers over a ridge at a burn scar pocked with blackened stumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
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
She dashes up the aisle or clambers over seats to meet people where they’re at.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
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
Simon clambers up the stairs and hovers in Nora’s doorway.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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Duchamp clambered into a taxi, packed up his canvas and lugged it home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"It would have been directed to their known position and they would have just clambered on board, just like would to get on a boat at sea."
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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
Then he clambered down the bag, and he made his way onto the top of Skrymir’s sleeping head.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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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
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
His stomach and face pressed against the warm metal of the Berg, the crazed man still clambering for some kind of position on his back.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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