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

From the Washington Post he picked a Maryland Democrat, Franklyn Waltman, who had been cannonading the New Deal daily, gave him a three-year contract at $20,000 a year to become head GOPropagandist.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hail, cannonading upon Castel Gandolfo, Italy, killed 200 pedigreed chickens belonging to Pope Pius XI.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wars may come & go, but the cannonading over the question whether there is or is not a U. S. school in art goes on forever.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the landing of the army at Louisburg, his friends found him one day asleep in his tent, and evidently much annoyed by the cannonading.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)