cannonball
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“We need to have the basic things,” said Biniam Girmay, a high-speed cannonball from Eritrea who in 2024 won three sprint stages at the Tour de France.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Of all the dirty, rotten, down-low things Netflix has done, providing a gaping pit of gold coins for Adam Sandler to cannonball into like Scrooge McDuck might be the worst so far.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025
Valencia says on his website he has more than two decades of experience as a human cannonball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
The British wanted to seize the ship and its treasure, but fired a cannonball into the San José’s powder magazines by mistake.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
The smell of food hits me like a cannonball in the gut.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
There were no cannonballs Saturday, only a franchise that once again was deep-sixed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2025
Over the last week, both artists’ camps launched new items like cannonballs.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2024
A crew digging a hole for an electrical conduit in Waltham, Massachusetts, Monday unearthed 13 cannonballs.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
Historical finds include cannonballs, a sword blade and a wheel experts believe belonged to a wagon that blew up during the two days of supply dumps.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
He towered over us, at least seven feet tall with biceps the size of cannonballs.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
