cannonading

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"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

Wars may come & go, but the cannonading over the question whether there is or is not a U. S. school in art goes on forever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cut off by the German cannonading, the Americans began to run short of ammunition, water, food.

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

The sound of the cannonading had been borne by the wind to the line-of-battle ship.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.