cannonball

Example Sentences

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“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

Last week Collins had talked about a funny memory with the Wolverines, how Harbaugh finished a spring practice by doing a cannonball off the high dive at the school’s pool.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025

His Napoleon watches Marie Antoinette die at the guillotine and fires a cannonball at the Sphinx.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023

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

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2022

I didn't enjoy that time the Hab launched me like a cannonball.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir