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 Commercial satellite operators are already clambering to claim space on Falcon 9s as the final sales are made. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026 Sometimes only the tips of the reeds and the seed heads were visible, poking above the murky water, and other times the reeds stood fully exposed, with a clear view of crabs clambering around their bases. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 There must have been a hundred of us there, circling the truck, clambering onto its hood, shuffling and shimmying and twerking with abandon. — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 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

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With prices climbing faster than paychecks, small changes to everyday spending can help stretch your budget.

— Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
Go plays Park Hyun-tae, an executive director in Chronic Motors’ Seoul office who has come back from the company’s European headquarters after climbing the corporate ladder at a young age.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of climbing

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Wait for the rows in front of you to get up and head to the exit, rather than scrambling to snatch your items from the overhead bins and just crowding the aisle.

— Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
So states have been scrambling since the notifications began going out Tuesday to figure out where the DOJ plans to be.

— Miles Parks, NPR, 22 Oct. 2026

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