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

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

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

You curl into a cannonball and pray for salvation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

His Napoleon watches Marie Antoinette die at the guillotine and fires a cannonball at the Sphinx.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023

“I know, but I can do a cannonball, can’t I, Qareeb?”

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad