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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Recent Examples of clamber
The smugglers let him aboard, and the boy clambered around hatches that, if opened, would reveal dozens of felonies worth of illicit cargo.
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
The film shows places of uncommon beauty, along with the throngs of visitors who clamber to see them and, crucially, preserve their experiences in photos.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
On board, passengers chat politics in Finnish dining cars, clamber into couchettes above strangers on the Trans-Siberian, and share samosas on India’s many raucous mail trains.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
At another point, a ranger waded through the mud of a mangrove forest and clambered into a mangrove to catch a bird for a blood sample, before doing the same trek in reverse to put it back.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
The film shows places of uncommon beauty, along with the throngs of visitors who clamber to see them and, crucially, preserve their experiences in photos.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
On board, passengers chat politics in Finnish dining cars, clamber into couchettes above strangers on the Trans-Siberian, and share samosas on India’s many raucous mail trains.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Jan. 2026
At another point, a ranger waded through the mud of a mangrove forest and clambered into a mangrove to catch a bird for a blood sample, before doing the same trek in reverse to put it back.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clamber
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After school, the siblings liked to climb in a willow that was in front of their home, hiding from their parents beneath the sweep of its branches.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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And, at long last, the Magic were able to climb aboard the Bane Train on Saturday.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2026
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But the rise of artificial intelligence has scrambled those calculations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Packing motion sickness remedies ahead of time is an easy way to avoid scrambling if the ship starts rocking.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Clamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamber. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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