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
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
Valencia says on his website he has more than two decades of experience as a human cannonball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 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
I didn't enjoy that time the Hab launched me like a cannonball.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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
Next to the ogres sat several mesh bags filled with bronze spheres like cannonballs.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
