cannonading

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"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

Cut off by the German cannonading, the Americans began to run short of ammunition, water, food.

From Time Magazine Archive

McMurtry neatly establishes both that Shorty has a firmer grip on things than his master and that Duane, though distracted, is not a bad egg; there is no dog in the doghouse he is cannonading.

From Time Magazine Archive

But Trabert's cannonading returns took a steady toll.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the cannonading, I took occasion to go back into the woods a short distance in order to get a view of what was going on.

From A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry by Hinkley, Julian Wisner