How to Use cannon in a Sentence
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Time for Nix to dust off the cannon.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
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The ball will come back at you like it was shot out of a cannon.
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Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2026
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Did that stupid cannon cause all of my hair loss over the decade to come?
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Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
3 Dec. 2025
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Her brother cannon-balled off a rock to join her.
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Brianna Randall,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The slime cannon checks all three of these boxes.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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Which is why the cannons were so startling.
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Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
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His voice conjured cannons and sea shanties.
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Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026
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Williams’s cannon-like serve carried her through much of the set.
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Brandon Griggs,
CNN,
31 Aug. 2022
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The cannon checks all those boxes.
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Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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Twenty-one cannons fired in salute.
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Drew Bernstein,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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A couple of times the boom of cannon is heard from the mainland.
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Mark Feeney,
BostonGlobe.com,
26 Oct. 2022
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You get shot out like a cannon at the beginning.
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Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
6 June 2026
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There’s also a corn maze, corn cannon and petting zoo.
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Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Walk in around the massive fortress with its cannons and tunnels.
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Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Jan. 2026
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There’s a plastic shield in front of the cannon to put worried minds at ease.
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Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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Special skater, plays like he’s shot out of a cannon with his speed and compete.
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Corey Pronman,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
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This, of course, is why the cannon was necessary.
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Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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One such idea was a confetti cannon.
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Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
19 Aug. 2025
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When the singing stopped, I just got blown out of a cannon with all of this other stuff.
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Erin Osmon,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Oct. 2023
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But tell me what that’s like for you, trying to act with blood cannons going off in your face.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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The island’s governor fired a cannon to send the fleet on its way.
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Chrissie McClatchie,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2026
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Shough has a cannon of an arm, but had a costly tendency to project throws.
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Dallas News,
17 Aug. 2022
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Will his cannon shot across the bow of democracy rouse them from their torpor?
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Feb. 2026
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King had the honor of lighting the cannon for its initial blast of the evening.
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Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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The sound of the cork releasing from the bottle should be more of a sigh than cannon fire.
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
30 Dec. 2022
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Maybe those red-zone pirate-ship cannons will be a little quieter this trip.
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Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2023
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There’s a knack that Hilton has of when, and how, to come off the edge like he was shot out of a cannon.
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Andrew Gillis,
cleveland,
29 Jan. 2023
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However, it has not been confirmed if the items found were in parts of a wrecked ship or cannons.
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Sarah Al-Arshani,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2024
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The slime cannon does exactly that.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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Cue opening cannon fire on civilians protesting in the streets.
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Vulture,
10 July 2023
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But the Serb sent the ball cannoning off the umpire’s seat instead.
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Adam Zagoria,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
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After nabbing possession from Mendy, his shot cannoned back off the near post.
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Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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Up stepped Van Nistelrooy, but his effort cannoned off the bar.
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SI.com,
28 Sep. 2019
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His attempt cannoned off the post; England took a sigh of relief but there was plenty of work still to do.
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SI.com,
19 June 2019
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If anything, Szoboszlai was guilty of striking the ball too well and, in a blur, his strike cannoned off the bar.
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Andy Jones,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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In the ruthless pecking order of the Islamic State, many of the others amounted to cannon fodder.
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Alissa J. Rubin,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2016
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Stefano Sabelli let rip from range, but his shot cannoned off Ricardo Rodriguez and seemed destined to find its way into the back of the net.
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SI.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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Fragments can cannon about above the Earth’s atmosphere for centuries — striking other satellites, and adding their wreckage to the deadly debris fields.
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Jamie Seidel,
Fox News,
16 Aug. 2018
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Jesus had the chance to score from the spot in the second half but cannoned his effort off the inside of the post, with the rebound falling to his teammate Bernardo Silva to tap home.
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SI.com,
24 Apr. 2018
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His first goal for the club arrived the following week in emphatic fashion, turning away from pressure neatly before cannoning this left-footed shot off the underside of the bar.
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Thom Harris,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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His third and final goal had more than a slice of luck to it, as Ruben Loftus-Cheek's effort from outside of the box cannoned into the back of his right foot and looped into the net.
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SI.com,
25 June 2018
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The last of them came on Saturday, a storybook goal that involved slaloming between three defenders and then cannoning a fierce, rising shot past three more, as well as the goalkeeper.
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Rory Smith,
New York Times,
14 Mar. 2023
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Asensio was creative and showed instant quality, while Rashford’s free kick cannoned off the crossbar and led to Ollie Watkins netting the rebound to equalise.
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Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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The cost per shot is cheap, as the ammunition is technically just electricity generated on the spot and not a missile or even cannon round built in a factory and shipped to the battlefield.
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Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
19 Mar. 2020
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Chances were starting to dry up, but an Eriksen free kick found Jan Vertonghen - who's header cannoned off the post - and Kane couldn't sort his feet out quick enough to tuck into the empty net.
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SI.com,
30 Apr. 2018
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Hakan Calhanoglu also came close to stealing the lead for Milan, blasting one from several yards out following a breakaway, but his shot unluckily cannoned off the crossbar.
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SI.com,
31 Mar. 2018
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In stoppage time Mateus Uribe fired a stinging shot from long range and Pickford leaped to keep it out with one outstretched hand, sending it wide of the goal and cannoning into the advertising boards.
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James Ellingworth,
The Seattle Times,
3 July 2018
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Mousley vividly remembers his first Villa memory, describing the Paul Scholes’ volley that cannoned off the underside of the crossbar and into the net.
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Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Board President Jim Patterson said village ordinance requires a 8-foot-tall fence in a commercial area, and that the board legally cannon approve a taller fence without approval from the zoning board of appeals.
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Alexandra Kukulka,
chicagotribune.com,
7 Sep. 2017
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After firing home Liverpool's opener at 35 minutes with a perfect shot that cannoned in off the base of the crossbar and left goalkeeper Alisson no chance, Salah merely raised his hands to shoulder height as his teammates engulfed him.
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Martin Rogers,
USA TODAY,
24 Apr. 2018
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From there, Stefan Ortega saved superbly, only for Ola Aina’s clearance to cannon off Mac Allister and into an empty net, before it was ruled out for handball following a VAR check.
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Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Leeds goalkeeper Karl Darlow was forced into a fine, close-range save from Amadou Onana in the 46th minute while an offside Ollie Watkins had the ball in the back of the net in the 68th minute following an Emiliano Buendia shot from distance which cannoned off the post.
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Beren Cross,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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