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
Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 7 Feb. 2026
Reprise, his 2006 cannonball of a debut, centers on two aspiring, competitive writers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
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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
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
Reprise, his 2006 cannonball of a debut, centers on two aspiring, competitive writers.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannonball
Verb
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This includes multilane expressways where cars speed alongside, and in some cases above, the water.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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While the Spurs also touted the NBA’s third-best offense this season, San Antonio’s ball handlers and shooters are capable of being sped up.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
2 May 2026
Noun
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Investigators quickly identified a local high school student as the suspect and recovered an Orbeez-style gel projectile gun believed to have been used in the incident.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired on a tanker Saturday and an unknown projectile hit a container ship, according to incident reports from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Whilst the Yangtze River Delta has become the nexus of full-stack, frontier generative AI models, Shenzhen is racing ahead as the powerhouse of China’s embodied AI and hardware efforts.—
Brian Wong,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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Detmers was slow to get off the mound to cover first base, so Schanuel had to race Mauricio to the bag.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
Noun
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Currently used as aerial targets, these expendable drones enable naval units to conduct more frequent and realistic gunnery and missile defense training at reduced cost, improving readiness without the need for recovery operations.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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Abu Dhabi’s property market reported its best-ever start to the year, despite a slowdown after Iran launched thousands of missile and drone attacks.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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By the final showdown, the production has made use of every bit of stage space, with sensational flying sequences (choreographed by Lauren Yalango-Grant and Christopher Cree Grant) that allow the vampires to float, hover, and—in one especially intense moment—dive from that bridge.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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Worst of all, like Zoolander 2 did before it, the film badly miscalculates the value of showbiz and industry cameos, which reach critical mass when the team members fly to Milan and, weirdly, only one of the latter (Donatella Versace, having an awkward lunch with Emily) seems to work.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Dodgers’ social media team nudged Smith out of that public shell a bit this spring, in a spot promoting his bobblehead night, in which Smith nailed a deadpan delivery and a range of facial gestures.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Alone without any adults, the boys attempt to organize themselves to get food, water, shelter and fun, electing a chief, Ralph (Winston Sawyers in the new series), and holding meetings where only the boy holding a large conch shell is allowed to talk.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As Mars challenges Jupiter, rushing ahead can create unnecessary tension.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Rather than being surrounded by six lanes of asphalt and rushing traffic, people would easy have access to rest comfortably around the monument.—
Lucius Riccio,
New York Daily News,
3 May 2026
Noun
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When Yoon was in office, Kim was embroiled in a series of scandals that hurt her husband’s approval rating and provided relentless political ammunition to his rivals.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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When Yoon was in office, Kim was embroiled in scandals that hurt her husband’s approval rating and provided political ammunition to his rivals.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Cannonball.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannonball. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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