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clambering

[klam-ber-ing, klam-er-] / ˈklæm bər ɪŋ, ˈklæm ər- /


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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

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

Next to pictures showing her and Bardella walking, holding hands, and clambering over rocks, Paris-Match waxes lyrical about a couple "reinventing courtly love – 21st Century-style".

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

I’d take off out the door and through the dusty streets of Eden Park, clambering over walls, ducking through backyards.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah




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