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

Instead of casually wading into the shallow end, skimming the surface with tepid bits of history about Mansfield’s life and career, Hargitay opts for a cannonball.

From Salon • Jun. 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

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

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

We’d cannonball into his pool, and he’d drown me in silly jokes, or we’d argue over Star Wars versus Star Trek and end up watching Doctor Who instead.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas