cannonade
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But “Structures for Life” brings a cannonade of color to Queens, and it’s one of two opportunities to rediscover Saint Phalle in New York right now.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2021
It’s unlikely any previous California governor has faced such a cannonade of calamities — a grand slam of disasters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2019
But Americans chose to cannonade each other with pamphlets, not artillery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2018
Before walking in, Charlotte gave a wee royal hand wave to the cannonade of cameras.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2018
The cannonade which had disturbed our labors being at an end, the corporal called to us to continue our binding of chevaux de frise, which labor we undertook again in silence.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
As the object of his cheers cannonaded down the run, Corruzo dashed to the finish line and jumped the fence.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the Garden itself, packed with 20,000 screaming fans, the Stones presented their Pied Piper with a huge birthday cake, then cannonaded him with custard pies that splattered over the front-row customers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lightning burned streaks in the sky, and thunder cannonaded.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The Versaillese cannonaded it while it was protected by the Porte-Maillot.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by P. Lissagary
He had seen clouds as large as one’s hand swell abruptly into tempests that cannonaded mightily through the peaks, with the lashing of torrents, the sting of lightnings, and the onsweep of hurricanes.
From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Hugh Lundsford
"His footwork," wrote the Associated Press reporter Whitney Martin, "consists of moving forward in a direct line to a point where he is within cannonading range."
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2012
But Trabert's cannonading returns took a steady toll.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like Michigan, like Illinois, a cannonading team from the University of Pennsylvania gave proof that football games are apt to be won in the first half.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the thick northern fog a terrific cannonading broke out, then the masses of steel moved away.
From Time Magazine Archive
The booming of the sea in the caves, the cannonading of the thunder, the sharp whistle of the wind in the tops of the trees, and the shouts of the men!
From The Motor Maids' School Days by Katherine Stokes
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