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

Last week Collins had talked about a funny memory with the Wolverines, how Harbaugh finished a spring practice by doing a cannonball off the high dive at the school’s pool.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 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

It’s also singular, daring and an uncompromisingly cannonball into the queer cinema pool.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Once when I was about six I did a cannonball off the dock.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick