cannonball
Example Sentences
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It’s not a trust fall so much as a trust cannonball.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025
“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
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
The smell of food hits me like a cannonball in the gut.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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