Thesaurus results for CLAMBERING

clambering

verb

present participle of clamber

as in climbing

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 clambering The field was narrowed to eight contestants who competed before the president on Tuesday night, clambering through a Ninja Warrior–style obstacle course while wearing red, white, and blue. — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 That might include debris left behind or other damages like cars dented from scores of teens clambering over them while fleeing police. — Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 25 July 2026 Video on state broadcaster CCTV showed the students, wearing bright orange life vests, clambering onto boats that took them away from the surreal scene of school buildings rising out of a lake of muddy water. — ABC News, 9 July 2026 Others took the more dangerous approach of clambering onto roofs to spend the night. — Dan Kelly july 8, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026 Not robots clambering over rigs. — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026 And all this after clambering up through the Championship play-offs last season. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 22 May 2026 Dante and Virgil escape Hell by clambering down Satan's monstrous hide and through Earth's center of gravity. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 May 2026 After clambering through the woods, Bowie, with help from her friend Laurie Brasil, reached Shy and was shocked to find Bow sitting right beside her. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026

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Another shows someone climbing into a helicopter, stepping from a roof terrace, onto the landing gear and then into the cockpit, after appearing to take off their t-shirt to wave and attract the aircraft’s attention.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Summer has been scorching across California, with temperatures climbing as high as 110 degrees in some parts of the state.

— Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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Prediction market companies are scrambling to improve their public reputation.

— Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Populist opposition to massive data centers fueling the artificial intelligence boom is scrambling up the 2026 midterms, cutting across ideological lines.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

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