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
Instead of casually wading into the shallow end, skimming the surface with tepid bits of history about Mansfield’s life and career, Hargitay opts for a cannonball.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 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
One threw a cannonball that arced over Frank’s head and blew up the chimney.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
There were no cannonballs Saturday, only a franchise that once again was deep-sixed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 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
Historical finds include cannonballs, a sword blade and a wheel experts believe belonged to a wagon that blew up during the two days of supply dumps.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
The southern states decided they were no longer going to play by the rules of the Constitution they had ratified, so they started firing cannonballs at Fort Sumter, a military installation of the United States.
From Salon ● May 22, 2023
Returning home, he was attacked by cannon fire from a castle, and combed the cannonballs from his hair with a 900-foot-long rake.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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