as in to climb
to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling
clambered over a wall and was never seen again
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Photos and videos of the clash Friday morning showed chaotic scenes with Nationalist members trying to remove or push their way though the barriers of chairs or clamber over a ledge in front of the speaker’s area.
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Taijing Wu and Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
However, footage that later went viral showed the child then starting to clamber onto the stage before being pulled back by someone.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
On the night before the verdict, they were joined by more than a dozen journalists, clambering for the best angle of their emerging messages, pasted up on walls already crowded by other snippets of testimony and poetry.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
This once meant waiting in long lines outside stores like Walmart and Best Buy in the early morning hours, clambering over one another to snag electronics, beauty items, and other unaffordable gifts at a steal.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024
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Taijing Wu and Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
However, footage that later went viral showed the child then starting to clamber onto the stage before being pulled back by someone.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
On the night before the verdict, they were joined by more than a dozen journalists, clambering for the best angle of their emerging messages, pasted up on walls already crowded by other snippets of testimony and poetry.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
This once meant waiting in long lines outside stores like Walmart and Best Buy in the early morning hours, clambering over one another to snag electronics, beauty items, and other unaffordable gifts at a steal.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Clamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamber. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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