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cannonball

[kan-uhn-bawl] / ˈkæn ənˌbɔl /






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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

Here they tautologically come, slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

Paula Tupou Bloomfield Tahi: He was a cannonball of comic, kinetic energy.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2022

A fiery cannonball hurtled toward him in a slow arc.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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