as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
a dune buggy came recklessly cannonballing down the crowded beach
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Recent Examples of cannonball
Allison Duncan, WSJ, 29 July 2022
Go swimming in Copper Canyon where folks cannonball from the rocks, or spend a quiet day exploring the details of the shoreline.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2021
Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026
For the most part, the couple prefers to salvage secondhand furniture, such as their cannonball rope bed and the 19th-century cupboard and settle bench the previous owners left behind.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 7 Feb. 2026
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Verb
For anyone who’s so constrained but still longing to sip a cocktail while soaking on a pool step or to cannonball in after a long day, these little dippers can appeal.
—Allison Duncan, WSJ, 29 July 2022
Go swimming in Copper Canyon where folks cannonball from the rocks, or spend a quiet day exploring the details of the shoreline.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2021
Noun
Brazil’s cannonball into the Oscars race isn’t an anomaly.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026
For the most part, the couple prefers to salvage secondhand furniture, such as their cannonball rope bed and the 19th-century cupboard and settle bench the previous owners left behind.
—Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 7 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannonball
Verb
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Hilton has demanded Governor Newsom create an emergency corps to speed up ballot counting, a request Newsom's office dismissed.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
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Ramsay speeds through many of the action shots to instead focus on Joe’s psyche.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
Noun
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When the radar or the EO/IR sensor detects an inbound projectile, the system calculates intercept geometry and fires a countermeasure either a hard-kill interceptor or a soft-kill electronic jammer, depending on system type within milliseconds.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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Less than a week before, a woman was killed by a police officer who shot her with a less-lethal projectile during celebrations of the Red Sox’s win over the Yankees.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
27 May 2026
Verb
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The top 16 drivers will then race for the championship over the final 10 races.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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None of the horses that raced in the Preakness Stakes will race in the Belmont Stakes, meaning no horse will have competed in all three legs of the Triple Crown.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Kuwaiti officials inspect damage in a terminal at Kuwait International Airport following a drone and missile attack Wednesday.—
Chantal Da Silva,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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None of those eight hypersonic missiles were intercepted.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Starship and Blue Moon both have a ways to go before NASA will certify the vehicles to fly astronauts, so any time lost on that front by Blue Origin could further narrow NASA's options and increase the risk of setbacks to the agency's lunar landing timeline.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
3 June 2026
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To better understand the challenges Blue Origin now faces, Ars spoke with several SpaceX veterans who experienced the AMOS-6 failure and worked the long days afterward to get the Falcon 9 rocket flying and rebuild the shattered facility at Space Launch Complex-40.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
3 June 2026
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All of this was a result of the fact that Paul built the shell of the house himself, installed all the windows, the doors, plumbing and more.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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Icy moons like Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s Europa likely contain oceans beneath frozen outer shells.—
Gideon Yoffe,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Once down, bystanders quickly rushed to his aid.—
Los Angeles Times,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
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Add to that mix SpaceX’s upcoming IPO, which could draw so much demand that investors rushing to raise cash to buy shares could unleash a wave of selling that ripples through the stock market.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 June 2026
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Between 2012 and 2015, Perry was also convicted of assault likely to cause great bodily injury, domestic violence, possession of ammunition as a felon and fleeing from police in Sacramento County, according to the criminal complaint.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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More picks offer more chances at fortifying their roster, or more trade ammunition to move up for a quarterback in a strong draft class next spring.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
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“Cannonball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannonball. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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