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as in climbing
to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling
the toddler scrambled up the stairs
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as in disrupting
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
scrambled the letters of the word
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Recent Examples of scrambling
Le Roux is among 21 unaccounted for residents in the county search and rescue crews are scrambling to locate.
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Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
For Starbucks, which buys 3% of the world’s coffee, the shortages can mean scrambling to find Arabica beans — and higher prices for its customers.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
The characters have not been confirmed, but many are scrambling to post their predictions for the extra fighter slots.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Ants created their own gardens during a time when our own ancestors were still scrambling through the trees in search of fruit.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
This can derail your growth plans and leave you scrambling for funds mid-year, forcing you to make difficult choices or delay strategic initiatives.
—Ben Pippenger, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Entering the cave requires scrambling over rocks.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
China’s monetary and fiscal stimulus has sent some investors scrambling to rectify their significant underweight to China.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
For Starbucks, which buys 3% of the world’s coffee, the shortages can mean scrambling to find Arabica beans — and higher prices for its customers.
—Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
The characters have not been confirmed, but many are scrambling to post their predictions for the extra fighter slots.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Ants created their own gardens during a time when our own ancestors were still scrambling through the trees in search of fruit.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024
This can derail your growth plans and leave you scrambling for funds mid-year, forcing you to make difficult choices or delay strategic initiatives.
—Ben Pippenger, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Entering the cave requires scrambling over rocks.
—Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
China’s monetary and fiscal stimulus has sent some investors scrambling to rectify their significant underweight to China.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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The robot was then trained to use these hooks for climbing via reinforcement learning.Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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The group posted photos of its mule team climbing mountain roads that had been split and washed away by the storm.NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
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The 50,000 members of the union working at ports from Maine to Texas have been on strike since early Tuesday morning, halting the flow of the majority of containerized imports into the United States, along with many of the exports, disrupting the sales of American businesses overseas.Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries have successfully achieved standoff through the use of artillery firepower coupled with drone strikes, effectively disrupting their adversary’s offensive operations.Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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After clambering up a ladder into the truck, Killeen, 76, tucked her hair back into a ponytail, settled down on the bench seat and watched as Weppner's truck rolled down the island's main thoroughfare, Midnight Pass Road.Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
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Since its relaunch this summer, fans who grew up shopping at Limited Too stores in the ’90s and early 2000s have been clambering for adult sizes.John Russell, People.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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Honorable Mentions My Top Five stays the same as my recent mid-September update, but there was shuffling from #6-10 down the home stretch.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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Meanwhile, storm survivors were still scrounging for food and clean water and shuffling from shelter to shelter three days after Helene first made landfall in Florida.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Scrambling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrambling. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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