cannonball
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After a few minutes, there was a dive off the arch, followed by a cannonball from the next person, a backflip from a third and then other more spectacular and daring stunts from the flock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
My line stuttered forward and flopped onto the water with all the stealth of a cannonball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Instead of casually wading into the shallow end, skimming the surface with tepid bits of history about Mansfield’s life and career, Hargitay opts for a cannonball.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2025
Here they tautologically come, slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball.
From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2024
But it still rolled through his body like a cannonball.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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
Eventually, jet propulsions and strong winds from within the pulsar eject the heated matter like cosmic cannonballs.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 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
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