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cannonball

[kan-uhn-bawl] / ˈkæn ənˌbɔl /






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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

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

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

From BBC Dec. 31, 2024

Taryn loved Gigi too, and during the summer, the four of them would go to the rec center pool and lie in the sun and cannonball into the water.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

There were no cannonballs Saturday, only a franchise that once again was deep-sixed.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 12, 2025

Over the last week, both artists’ camps launched new items like cannonballs.

From New York Times May 28, 2024

A crew digging a hole for an electrical conduit in Waltham, Massachusetts, Monday unearthed 13 cannonballs.

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

It tells the story of a place that was working iron and steel so far back that it made cannonballs for the Union army.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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