clamber
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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
The roar of engines fills the night air in China's Chongqing city as tourists awkwardly clamber onto gleaming motorbikes and cling to muscular drivers to star in personalised videos.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 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
Over the course of perhaps ten minutes, one man sitting at the front of the boat appeared to usher people forwards, to clamber onboard in relatively organised, even orderly, groups.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025
We clamber round trees and over roots, getting deeper into the swamp.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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In another clandestine location, a team clambers out of a German-made Bergepanzer armoured recovery vehicle.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
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
Alan clambers off Baba to nestle against me.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
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Abandoning the vehicle, the group clambered up the rocky mountainside, grabbing onto boulders and grass to haul themselves up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Trujillo placated the dog with peanut butter and they clambered over a wall into the Franco backyard, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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
"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
He clambered down the rough wooden scaffolding and whistled for his horse.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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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
Dramatic video showed a man clambering from his balcony through a neighbour's window to escape the black smoke.
From BBC ● Jul. 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
The schoolyard is dotted with swings, with climbing bars and slides, in bright primary colors; a few children have come back early from lunch and are clambering about.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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