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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Who wants to ride a banana boat, play on the floating trampoline or clamber on the inflatable climbing wall?
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Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
Spectators clambered atop rubble and wrecked vehicles to watch the handover, waving Palestinian and Hamas flags.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Shares slumped over the summer on concerns over weakness in its theme parks biz — then clambered back up in November on strong earnings results and streaming profits, and Disney’s three-year forecast for EPS growth.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
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.
—Taijing Wu and Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Lynn O'Rourke Hayes, Boston Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
Spectators clambered atop rubble and wrecked vehicles to watch the handover, waving Palestinian and Hamas flags.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Shares slumped over the summer on concerns over weakness in its theme parks biz — then clambered back up in November on strong earnings results and streaming profits, and Disney’s three-year forecast for EPS growth.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
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.
—Taijing Wu and Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Clamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clamber. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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