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clamber

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

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

That's why politicians, business and civic leaders, academics and investors all clamber to get into the room.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2025

We clamber out, half stupid with sleep, and dump our bags on the ground.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

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

Hafen clambers up on a rock and points to where the power line will run — marring the landscape.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2022

Staticky, menacing voices croak from old radios and Michael Burgess’s camera beckons us into underground tunnels and clambers up walls on the heels of the villain and his victims.

From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 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

He spits on the sand in front of him, then clambers on board with his family.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

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

The three, adrenaline pumping, clambered through the pancaked wreckage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 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

Duchamp clambered into a taxi, packed up his canvas and lugged it home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

But in the confusion of the moment his command was garbled, and nearly 650 workers clambered onto buses and immediately evacuated to Fukushima Daini, about 6 miles away.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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

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

A pair of customs men were clambering aboard as he went down the gangplank, but neither gave him so much as a glance.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin


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