Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannoning
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Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Santiago de Cuba last October as a Category 3 storm, battering the island with heavy rainfall and strong winds.—
Sophie Brams,
The Hill,
14 Jan. 2026 -
After a harrowing and deadly Christmas Eve in California with rescues and evacuations amid widespread flooding and debris flow threats, another storm is battering the state Christmas Day, with more expected into Friday.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
25 Dec. 2025
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Denver cannot afford to ask backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham to play catchup against a defense that has tightened the screws in its secondary and become a ball-hawking, blitzing unit.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
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After blitzing Rouse 31-12 over the final 10 minutes Tuesday in a 68-57 win to stay undefeated in District 25-5A play, the Grizzlies have won 11 of their last 12 following a 7-8 start to the year.—
Colby Gordon,
Austin American Statesman,
21 Jan. 2026
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But there’s a cleverness to how AdHoc’s writing team has managed to give the player a sense of control without completely nuking the story.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
30 Oct. 2025
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Johnson raised concerns that nuking the filibuster could one day empower socialists, in an appearance on C-SPAN Thursday.—
Steven T. Dennis,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, said Los Angeles needs to rein in its spending before bombarding voters with even more financial requests.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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The first of method is radiolysis, which involves pre-splitting the water molecules by bombarding them with alpha, beta, and gamma particles.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Nov. 2025
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So even though there’s buffeting, even though there’s loud voices raised, left, right, and center, trans people exist.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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Under van Raemdonck, Neiman Marcus did well protecting its market share from the headwinds buffeting luxury department stores.—
Phil Wahba,
Fortune,
15 Jan. 2026
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Among the Builsa people, songs are still sung about retreating from slave raiders into rocky and cavernous areas, and then ambushing them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Dec. 2025
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Over the past two months, JNIM has stepped up attacks on fuel supplies, ambushing tankers on the roads from Ivory Coast and Senegal.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Last June, after indirect nuclear negotiations collapsed, the United States joined Israel in a 12-day war with Iran, bombing three of the country’s key nuclear facilities.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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The cross on this painting is a target, like when bombing with a drone.—
Thomas Patier,
Artforum,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Cannoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannoning. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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