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
On the fifteenth of July began the cannonade.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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
For some hours the Prussian artillery, later reinforced by the Austrian, cannonaded the French position, having for its central mark the windmill of Valmy, round which the French forces were grouped.
From The French Revolution by Hilaire Belloc
The enemy, unconscious of this movement, cannonaded and bombarded the fort as usual, until two o'clock the next morning, though the embarkation had been completed by eleven the preceding night.
From An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, Under the Command of their Excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. by Cooper Willyams
"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
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
Now, as red Roman candles begin to soar and the hooting and cannonading increase, chorus after wobbly chorus of Waltzing Matilda begin to ring across the waters.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Trabert's cannonading returns took a steady toll.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cannons Stop For Dinner At one o’clock the cannonading suddenly ceased and for one hour we were at liberty to go above and see the damage that had been done.
From Historic Fredericksburg The Story of an Old Town by John T. Goolrick
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