Example Sentences

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Crews will fly drones into the building to look for hot spots and then redirect their water cannons accordingly, Raabe said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026

Church bells pealed and cannons thundered when Americans learned that the Continental Congress had adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

At the coastal town of Elsinore, the kingdom forced ships to stop under the watchful eye of cannons and pay a tax based on cargo value.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

The Dunlap broadside was a broadside in a figurative sense as well as a literal one, blasting its message like cannons fired from the side of a warship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Captain Smith brings the men to the fort, where two of our cannons sit perched on an artillery platform.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone