cannon

"So we're using the chemical potential as an atomic cannon," explains Zhang.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Technology is a part of war’s landscape; it separates the 21st century from the eras of the Brown Bess musket, the bronze cannon and the M-1 Garand rifle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

During that time, he made a slew of enemies — from mob figures who accused him of fabricating evidence to fellow law enforcement officials who described him as a glory-seeking loose cannon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

An animated Gabriel the Toad character and an illustration of Nogbad firing a cannon at the Ice Dragon both fetched £4,200.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The line of huts ran along the bottom, with the muddy road alongside of them, and here and there a cannon or wagon standing.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

The property has been reported to feature a Portuguese Colonial-style villa with a large party room, along with watchtowers and 12 cannons that give the retreat a decidedly fortresslike appearance.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

He brought with him perhaps 60,000 soldiers, along with numerous cannons, some of enormous size, to besiege the city; a newly constructed fleet patrolled the Bosporus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

According to the Associated Press, Berlin police used water cannons — normally used to disperse protesters — to cool down cheering crowds in front of the Brandenburg Gate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

The Berlin police used water cannons to help residents of the capital cool off for a second day running Sunday -- this time at the Olympia venue where singer Bruno Mars was performing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

The transport sphere plowed along the trench, past all the fortified city’s defenses: walls, moats, machicolations, crossbow cannons, drawbridges, bristling spear pits, bladed gates, and giant mechanical grinders.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

The batters' struggles were exemplified by a delivery from New Zealand seamer Matt Henry that barely bounced above ankle height and cannoned into the stumps, giving England's Jacob Bethell's no chance.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Dimarco almost scored himself on 18 minutes but his free-kick cannoned back off the crossbar.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

Ibrahima Konate made a complete hash of a pass inside his own half, allowing Ricardo Pepi to race clear for a shot that cannoned back off the post to Driouech, who gleefully slotted home.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

Guehi's header cannoned back off the bar and Mateta was best positioned to nod home unmarked because he was standing by the goalkeeper rather than with a defender.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025

And so he stumbled and nearly fell as she gasped and cannoned into Allun, standing still and almost invisible in the dimness.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

However, Hanna Bennison soon reduced City's lead with a wonderful effort from distance, the ball cannoning off of the crossbar and into the net.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024

Croatia should have scored more, with Perisic's shot from a tight angle cannoning back off the crossbar in what proved a vital moment.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2023

He cracked forehands from a sturdy crouch, his swing full and flowing, the ball cannoning down the sidewall to expire in the back corner, repetitious as a gif.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016

Cabaye, waiting on the edge of the area, thumped the ball back, his shot cannoning off the crossbar.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 30, 2014

The ladder fell sideways, cannoning into another one that had been set up beside it.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques