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clamber

[klam-ber, klam-er] / ˈklæm bər, ˈklæm ər /
VERB
mount
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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

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

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

Only the gods can travel on the rainbow; it would burn the feet of any frost giants or trolls who attempted to clamber up it to reach Asgard.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

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

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

With a cheery farewell, Kerry clambers into the driver's seat and heads off, back over the hills towards their Keswick home.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2020

Now, for the first time, Enrique clambers aboard.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Army personnel lowered themselves from the helicopter and clambered up a muddy slope to pull out people covered in mud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

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

She ended the set having clambered over a barrier to be among fans.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

Penelope cried, full of joy, and clambered inside.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

There, I joined a dozen young locals clambering aboard a rustic barge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

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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