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The junior didn’t pitch from Feb. 23 to April 18 with a shoulder injury, yet triumphed to cannon a 19-strikeout no-hitter on June 16 in a 3-0 win against Murray State.
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Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2025
Twice the midfield was open, twice a player cut inside and shot, but while Bowen’s fourth-minute shot cannoned off the left post of the Newcastle goal, Murphy’s shot nestled low in the bottom corner.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
His 79th-minute header from Andy Robertson’s free kick beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma but cannoned off the upright and across the face of the goal with no Liverpool player able to follow up, and the Premier League leaders ended up losing the last-16 tie in a penalty shootout.
—Andy Jones, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
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Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 31 Dec. 2025
Twice the midfield was open, twice a player cut inside and shot, but while Bowen’s fourth-minute shot cannoned off the left post of the Newcastle goal, Murphy’s shot nestled low in the bottom corner.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
His 79th-minute header from Andy Robertson’s free kick beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma but cannoned off the upright and across the face of the goal with no Liverpool player able to follow up, and the Premier League leaders ended up losing the last-16 tie in a penalty shootout.
—Andy Jones, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
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The company was also barraged with complaints about high prices via voicemails and emails.—
Dave Lozo,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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After Warren Buffett’s death, Susie, Howie and Peter will become three of the most important philanthropists in the world, scrutinized by the media, widely followed by other wealthy donors and barraged with requests for funds.—
Robert Frank,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
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But Americans chose to cannonade each other with pamphlets, not artillery.—
Joseph Tartakovsky,
WSJ,
2 July 2018
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The resistance to rolling back the use of blue slips marks rare GOP defiance to Trump but closely resembles Senate Republicans’ opposition to his crusade to nuke the 60-vote filibuster.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Dec. 2025
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But when fully mature, many seeds still won’t germinate because Mother Nature has trained many plant species to use one of several mechanisms to make sure the seeds don’t germinate in September/October only to get nuked by the onset of winter weather.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
21 Nov. 2025
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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.—
Leonard Greene,
Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2025
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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.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
23 Dec. 2025
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Many of us are bombarded with emails or text messages designed to lure us to a website or engage in a conversation that’s almost certainly designed to separate us from our money or private information.—
Larry Magid,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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During the War of 1812, the British mercilessly bombarded Fort Henry.—
Gladys Louise Tyler,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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In the first half of the Super Bowl on Sunday, Seattle’s defense mobbed Maye, the Patriots’ young quarterback, often sending blitzes at him.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
9 Feb. 2026
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And then with less than five minutes remaining, blitzing cornerback Devon Witherspoon delivered a hit on Maye.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Iran has been refusing requests by the agency to inspect the sites bombed in the June war.—
Farnoush Amiri,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Such joint ventures could allow Ukraine to produce more of its weapons elsewhere in Europe, ensuring stability of supply if factories inside Ukraine get bombed.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Cannon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannon. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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