as in climbs
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 clambers
His colleague, a newly qualified environmental engineer, clambers up onto the backseat.
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Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
Joe, glowering, stalks off through the crowd, clambers into his vehicle, and drives off.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Sabrina Weiss, The Dial, 23 Sep. 2025
Joe, glowering, stalks off through the crowd, clambers into his vehicle, and drives off.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clambers
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Here, fans sit above the pit straight and start-finish line, roughly level with Turn 1 as the track climbs steeply up toward them.—
Patrick Iversen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Set the Tone at the Front Door The sense of escape is even evident at the front of the house, where a rose plant climbs across the archway and herbs are planted along the gravel driveway.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Oct. 2025
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As her family scrambles to find her, Claire discovers the unexpected magic of a Christmas gone off-script.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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No amount of refined wordplay or frilly couture can disguise how neatly the women’s war of wills fits into a larger filmography obsessed with the ways everyone madly scrambles for influence and control.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Clambers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clambers. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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