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clamber

[klam-ber, klam-er] / ˈklæm bər, ˈklæm ər /
VERB
mount
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Driver Andriy, 53, is one of the first Ukrainian faces many of the freed soldiers see as they clamber onto his bus.

From Barron's Mar. 18, 2026

Those lucky enough to snap out of psychosis and regain touch with the tangible world are now building support groups online to help others clamber out.

From Slate Feb. 2, 2026

From inside the restaurant, the guys would clamber up to the roof, wait for the “all clear” and then get right back to busing tables, washing dishes and cooking.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2024

At least they did once the water had receded sufficiently for them to climb down from trees and clamber off their cars and try to re-orientate themselves.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2024

Quickly, four other families clamber onto the truck and fill up the empty space in the middle.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

A hiker clambers across a scorched landscape of ash, his footsteps crunching on charred earth as he peers over a ridge at a burn scar pocked with blackened stumps.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 26, 2025

Nyayien Yow, a widowed mother of five, scrapes together a living by paddling out into the floodwater by canoe, where she clambers up semi-submerged trees to collect firewood for sale in a local market.

From New York Times Feb. 3, 2023

In a separate clip, also filmed from the crush of the crowd of several hundred people, a woman clambers over the wall.

From Reuters Aug. 19, 2021

With a cheery farewell, Kerry clambers into the driver's seat and heads off, back over the hills towards their Keswick home.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2020

A young woman clambers into the back of the cab, and it pulls out into the cold and the rain.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

The three, adrenaline pumping, clambered through the pancaked wreckage.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

CHORNOBYL, Ukraine—When Ukrainian emergency workers clambered onto a damaged structure above Reactor No. 4 at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, there were eerie echoes of 1986.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

She ended the set having clambered over a barrier to be among fans.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

Coughing and spitting on the floor, Kolya clambered to his feet with difficulty.

From Barron's Nov. 7, 2025

Gilgamesh clambered over the wreckage, untangling himself from thick ropes of vine and brushing dead foliage off his shoulders.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

After clambering up three flights of a dark apartment-building stairwell, I entered Higatei, which celebrates all things awamori, an Okinawan rice-based spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 25, 2025

"I feel good; a little nervous, but I think it'll be fine. We'll hold on and give it everything!" said Nina Beeler, before clambering on board Cobra, an eight-year-old Swiss Brown cow.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

His version of Labour is comfortable appearing in front of Union Jacks, posing with soldiers or clambering in and out of submarines, though not all of his colleagues are.

From BBC May 31, 2025

The apocalyptic scenes that played out — of Hollywood celebrities fleeing and clambering onto their roofs — captured the world’s attention like no urban conflagration in history.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 9, 2025

Dustfinger rolled his eyes up at the sky, as if more sense might be expected there than in Elinor's head, and began clambering into the backseat, but Elinor stopped him.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke




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