clamber
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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
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
They also clamber on rooftops and through landscaping, causing damage and leaving waste.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
He turned to wave good-bye as he began to clamber up the hill, but she was already gone.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
She dashes up the aisle or clambers over seats to meet people where they’re at.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 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
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
Scoob throws the bunk curtain aside and clambers down.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
The three, adrenaline pumping, clambered through the pancaked wreckage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 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
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
The colonizers, four Chagossians aged 31 to 72, clambered aboard a dinghy and came ashore, waving British and American flags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
Gurgi, meantime, had clambered cautiously from the tree and had loped over to stand behind Taran.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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
Rescue workers were clambering over the rubble – some of it was still smouldering.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
Seconds later, Professor Lupin was clambering out of the fireplace, brushing ash off his shabby robes.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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