cannonball
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After a few minutes, there was a dive off the arch, followed by a cannonball from the next person, a backflip from a third and then other more spectacular and daring stunts from the flock.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
My line stuttered forward and flopped onto the water with all the stealth of a cannonball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Of all the dirty, rotten, down-low things Netflix has done, providing a gaping pit of gold coins for Adam Sandler to cannonball into like Scrooge McDuck might be the worst so far.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2025
The British wanted to seize the ship and its treasure, but fired a cannonball into the San José’s powder magazines by mistake.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
Rowan heard none of what transpired between Xenocrates and Goddard, but he did see the High Blade hurl himself into the deep end, creating a cannonball splash that drew everyone’s attention.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Over the last week, both artists’ camps launched new items like cannonballs.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2024
Nearby buildings and a shopping center were evacuated as a precaution, Waltham fire officials said in a post on X, and the unearthed cannonballs were disposed of safely by the bomb squad.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
For years, it was unclear why, but a new study suggests jet expulsions of hot matter burped out like cosmic cannonballs are behind it.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2023
“Sometimes, we’d wait until boats were coming into the harbor and do cannonballs, splashing them,” she recalled often.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
But if light is composed of particles, one might expect them to be affected by gravity in the same way that cannonballs, rockets, and planets are.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
