as in to barrage
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Recent Examples of cannon
After nabbing possession from Mendy, his shot cannoned back off the near post.
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Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannon
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April is financial literacy month, which means consumers will be barraged with articles and programs designed to promote personal finance education.
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Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides.
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But Americans chose to cannonade each other with pamphlets, not artillery.
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Iran wants it as a deterrent to being nuked.
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And more recently, Cornyn was among many Republicans reluctant to nuke the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold to pass the Save America Act to impose nationwide voter ID laws.
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To celebrate, the president wants to offer free admissions that day to the country’s national parks, a self-serving gesture, no doubt, but one that is no surprise for a man who spent much of his adult life plastering his name on the sides of buildings, airplanes and casino hotels.
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In one scene, Gracie Abrams texts Taylor a picture of the singer plastered on the side of a hotel in Indianapolis.
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Plus, we voters wouldn’t be bombarded with political ads until November.
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Pro-Russian groups are bombarding popular AI systems with propaganda to coax chatbots into regurgitating Kremlin talking points, according to senior European officials, raising concerns ahead of America’s midterm elections about how to respond to the growing attempt to silently manipulate voters.
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Instead of mixing the margarita in a cocktail shaker, simply add the ingredients to a blender to blitz them into a dilution-free watermelon-tequila cocktail that’s wildly refreshing.
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After nearly being no-hit during Thursday’s 13-2 loss to the Rays in a series finale in Tampa Bay, the Royals were blitzed by the White Sox at Rate Field.
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After easing through the first three innings, Bryan Reynolds hit a double off the top of the left field fence and Valdez bombed one to left to cut the Phillies' lead to 5-2.
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There is a bond there that is strong enough, that overwhelming loneliness is bombed.
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“Cannon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannon. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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