cannonball

Example Sentences

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“We need to have the basic things,” said Biniam Girmay, a high-speed cannonball from Eritrea who in 2024 won three sprint stages at the Tour de France.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Valencia says on his website he has more than two decades of experience as a human cannonball.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2025

Here they tautologically come, slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

Locals schlep their own gear to the jagged lava rock perches that line the coast and cannonball into the turquoise sea.

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

I didn't enjoy that time the Hab launched me like a cannonball.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir