cannoned

past tense of cannon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannoned
Verb
  • The Dallas Mavericks were blitzed twice by the Wolves in Abu Dhabi, then lost to Real Madrid to open the 2023 preseason.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Opening with modest preseason odds (+6000), Toronto surprisingly blitzed the AL East during the regular season, thanks in part to the American League’s best home record.
    Scott Phillips, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In response, Britain sent a strong naval expedition into Danish waters which, from September 2-5 1807, bombarded Copenhagen.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
  • New filmmakers are often bombarded with advice about embracing short-form media — often for good reason — but making content that simply attracts eyeballs can only get you so far without a larger plan.
    Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The nail industry—and the hair industry—operate on exploitative labor conditions buffeted by state connections and nepotism.
    Arabelle Sicardi, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The product has also been buffeted by an influencer scandal that led to the 2025 Netflix series Apple Cider Vinegar.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To have any hope of a successful turnaround, Spring felt that Macy’s needed a cultural reset first, to inspire a workforce battered by years of falling revenue, store closings, and staff reductions, and get buy-in to his strategy.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Storms twice battered the pier to pieces, once in the late ’30s and again in the ’80s.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Victims of the inmates include a family of four, a college student kidnapped from her bedroom, and a state trooper who was ambushed in his driveway.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Last month, three officers were killed when they were ambushed while responding to a domestic call in York County, Pennsylvania.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Israel had just bombed Iran, sparking a nearly two-week war during which 1,200 Iranians and 31 Israelis were killed.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Most recently, Hamas offices in Qatar were bombed in an Israel attack, and negotiations have not been held in the Gulf state since.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Pecos, a shelter employee named Luis gave me a tour while Wright was waylaid by a man in a black pickup truck who wanted to surrender four pit bulls.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • An introduction to the press in November 2019 netted immediate e-commerce sales but Nomasei was waylaid by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, four months in.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Cannoned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannoned. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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