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Recent Examples of cannon
The last of them came on Saturday, a storybook goal that involved slaloming between three defenders and then cannoning a fierce, rising shot past three more, as well as the goalkeeper.
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Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
The cost per shot is cheap, as the ammunition is technically just electricity generated on the spot and not a missile or even cannon round built in a factory and shipped to the battlefield.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2020
Jesse Lingard's toe-poke cannoned back out off the post...
—SI.com, 24 Oct. 2019
Up stepped Van Nistelrooy, but his effort cannoned off the bar.
—SI.com, 28 Sep. 2019
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Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
The cost per shot is cheap, as the ammunition is technically just electricity generated on the spot and not a missile or even cannon round built in a factory and shipped to the battlefield.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2020
Jesse Lingard's toe-poke cannoned back out off the post...
—SI.com, 24 Oct. 2019
Up stepped Van Nistelrooy, but his effort cannoned off the bar.
—SI.com, 28 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannon
Verb
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Just as often as not, what results from this impulse to lightly fictionalize a recent news story is an overly straightforward telling of the same facts we’ve been barraged with already.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) tried to dismiss the controversy when he was barraged by television camera crews outside his office in the Dirksen Building on Tuesday morning.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
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And if Netflix or any other streaming service has gotten stale, try nuking your view history and starting over.—
Adam Clark Estes,
Vox,
20 Mar. 2025
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The art page of the current Marvel artists where these images were found has been nuked, but they are being endlessly replicated and spread across the internet at this point.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Pennoyer added gentle vaults to the sides of the entry gallery’s plastered ceiling, which Cathey then had lacquered, commissioning églomisé artist Miriam Ellner to decorate the glass panels of the central lantern.—
Andrew Sessa,
Architectural Digest,
2 Apr. 2025
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Inside a former cotton grading warehouse, where the walls are plastered with old concert posters and heavily graffitied with Sharpie signatures, the audience is buzzing with anticipation for the night’s show.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
29 Mar. 2025
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Employees at Apple stores coast to coast have reported being bombarded with questions about how the tariffs would affect the cost of iPhones.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Apr. 2025
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The 24/7 news cycle and social media amplify panic, bombarding you with dire preditions.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh bombed a federal building, killing 167 people and injuring 684.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
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Israel has bombed, besieged and raided them, some several times, while accusing Hamas of using them as cover for its fighters.—
Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Cannon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannon. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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