Moving multiple clips together on the timeline

I have multiple clips on a time line and need to move them together either right or left to accomodate new additions.
Thank you for any help and God Bless,
Mark A. Sam

There are a number of ways of "selecting" multiple clips (including a Tool)
Lasso them as a group
Shift-Select them individualy to create a group selection
Ctrl-A   select all of them ( targeted tracks)
Track Tool
and Keyboard short cuts too...
Select ....and move , nudge, cut, copy, paste, drag......

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