cannonball
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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
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
You curl into a cannonball and pray for salvation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
Fezzik picked up a rock the size of a cannonball and aimed at a crack in the mountain thirty yards away.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Human cannonballs are said to be a small and select group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2025
The location where the cannonballs were found was formerly a Raytheon company location, according to The Boston Globe.
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
The images centered on the 1797 warship USS Constitution, better known as Old Ironsides because, while it sank a British vessel during the War of 1812, its thick, oak hull survived a barrage of cannonballs.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
Next to the ogres sat several mesh bags filled with bronze spheres like cannonballs.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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