water cannon
noun
: a large truck-mounted nozzle for directing a high-pressure stream of water (as at a crowd of rioters or demonstrators)
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Chinese boats have rammed and pointed lasers at Philippine ships, and last month a Chinese coast guard vessel injured three Philippine soldiers with a water cannon.
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Olivia Wang, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Several of the women, flying together from San Francisco on Monday, were greeted with cheers and a water cannon salute upon their arrival in D.C.
One of them, Marian Sousa, 98, said female mechanics and machinists, wearing Rosie headwear, sent them off with a ceremony in San Francisco.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
The Philippine authorities protested China’s use of a water cannon and military-grade lasers.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
In a confrontation two weeks ago, a Chinese coast guard vessel also used water cannon against a Philippine boat, shattering its glass panel and injuring four sailors.
—James Legge, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
Tulum's airport opened to domestic flights on December 1, 2023 when a Viva Aerobus flight landed to a special water cannon salute.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024
Since then, according to Manila, China’s coast guard has regularly harassed Philippine fishing vessels in the fertile waters near Scarborough Shoal – most recently on February 22 – and fired water cannon on Philippine ships resupplying a military outpost in the Second Thomas Shoal.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
China used a water cannon eight times on the fishing vessels in the first mission, and then four times on the resupply mission.
—Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
In Istanbul, Turkish security forces used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse protesters who managed to force their way into a compound where the Israeli consulate is located.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
Olivia Wang, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Several of the women, flying together from San Francisco on Monday, were greeted with cheers and a water cannon salute upon their arrival in D.C.
One of them, Marian Sousa, 98, said female mechanics and machinists, wearing Rosie headwear, sent them off with a ceremony in San Francisco.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
The Philippine authorities protested China’s use of a water cannon and military-grade lasers.
—Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
In a confrontation two weeks ago, a Chinese coast guard vessel also used water cannon against a Philippine boat, shattering its glass panel and injuring four sailors.
—James Legge, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
Tulum's airport opened to domestic flights on December 1, 2023 when a Viva Aerobus flight landed to a special water cannon salute.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024
Since then, according to Manila, China’s coast guard has regularly harassed Philippine fishing vessels in the fertile waters near Scarborough Shoal – most recently on February 22 – and fired water cannon on Philippine ships resupplying a military outpost in the Second Thomas Shoal.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
China used a water cannon eight times on the fishing vessels in the first mission, and then four times on the resupply mission.
—Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
In Istanbul, Turkish security forces used water cannon and pepper spray to disperse protesters who managed to force their way into a compound where the Israeli consulate is located.
—Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2023
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