cannonade
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But “Structures for Life” brings a cannonade of color to Queens, and it’s one of two opportunities to rediscover Saint Phalle in New York right now.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2021
Last fall, I wrote it was unlikely that any previous California governor had faced such a simultaneous cannonade of calamities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2020
But Americans chose to cannonade each other with pamphlets, not artillery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2018
Before walking in, Charlotte gave a wee royal hand wave to the cannonade of cameras.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2018
A boom of thunder as loud as a cannonade shook the bridge.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
At the Garden itself, packed with 20,000 screaming fans, the Stones presented their Pied Piper with a huge birthday cake, then cannonaded him with custard pies that splattered over the front-row customers.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the object of his cheers cannonaded down the run, Corruzo dashed to the finish line and jumped the fence.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lightning burned streaks in the sky, and thunder cannonaded.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The French ships were severely cannonaded as they passed the batteries, but without material damage.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving
On the 29th, the Boyne, as usual sailing towards the fort, was becalmed by the high land of Houelmont, and being within a short distance, was cannonaded from that battery for several hours.
From An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, Under the Command of their Excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. by Cooper Willyams
"His footwork," wrote the Associated Press reporter Whitney Martin, "consists of moving forward in a direct line to a point where he is within cannonading range."
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2012
In the thick northern fog a terrific cannonading broke out, then the masses of steel moved away.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cannonading that echoes along London's Fleet Street was suddenly stilled, and Britain's battling press lords struck a truce flag to pay convivial tribute to one of their fellows.
From Time Magazine Archive
McMurtry neatly establishes both that Shorty has a firmer grip on things than his master and that Duane, though distracted, is not a bad egg; there is no dog in the doghouse he is cannonading.
From Time Magazine Archive
Being in such close range, the cannonading on both sides was terrific.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
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