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
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On Livonia Avenue, community navigator Troy Johnson climbs behind the wheel of the van, which functions as a mobile office for Brooklyn Justice Initiatives staff.—
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SpaceX has opted to bring its Crew Dragon spacecraft home a few times before the relief crew arrives, but normally there’s a few days of handoff where the station population climbs to 11.—
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An Adventure Day scrambles your brain and body in all kinds of good ways.—
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This round of consolidation looks more like a clearing of the decks before AI scrambles everything.—
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“Clambers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clambers. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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