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
Outside Online, 3 Sep. 2025
Kids will enjoy the vanilla cake plank, chocolate cannonball and golden caramel popcorn that come with it.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
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
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Verb
Lots of team sports and skinned, knees from climbing trees, cannonball contests at the pool.
—Outside Online, 3 Sep. 2025
Kids will enjoy the vanilla cake plank, chocolate cannonball and golden caramel popcorn that come with it.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannonball
Verb
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Well, the speed of disruption is clearly speeding up.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Once Mercury and Mars move into expansive Sagittarius and your curious third house, communication speeds up.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cartman starts laughing so hard that he projectile vomits all over Thiel.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, Cartman has the most aggressive reaction to the numbers, going full Linda Blair with projectile vomit.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The improvements mark the latest development in unmanned weapons systems that play an increasingly important role in the war with Russia, as both sides race to stay ahead in drone warfare on land, in the air and at sea.—
Anastasiia Malenko,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Companies in all industries are racing to automate, consolidate, and cut costs before real regulation catches up.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That was a 109-mph missile over the center field fence, much higher than its intended target and hundreds of feet farther.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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North Korea has sent soldiers, artillery ammunition and missiles to Russia to support Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Alaska is the fifth largest US airline and flies 44 million passengers each year to 120 destinations in five countries, accoring to its website.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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As a defender in the English Premier League for 12 years, Higginbotham rarely had to fly.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The brightening occurred as an increase in heat radiation from the sun vaporized icy materials embedded in its structure, creating a gaseous shell around its nucleus.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Rioters then shot at agents with commercial artillery shell fireworks.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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People in north Gaza thus started to rush to their relatives’ and friends’ homes searching for a grain of flour, even if it was filled with weevils.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Pollution, habitat loss and a pandemic-level fungus have brought countless species to the brink as researchers rush to find ways to protect the sensitive creatures.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Possession of ammunition without an FID card.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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North Korea has sent soldiers, artillery ammunition and missiles to Russia to support Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Cannonball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannonball. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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