cannoneer

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Recent Examples of cannoneer Artillery is a delicate skill, with cannoneers assessing topography, air pressure and even the weather at the top of the round’s parabolic arc before taking a shot. Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023 Adewale served as a field-artillery cannoneer with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021 John Corbin, a cannoneer, was among 2,900 American soldiers defending the fort from some 9,000 British and Hession troops as General George Washington watched from across the Hudson River. Cristina Corbin, Fox News, 5 July 2018 Depending on the season, sea kayak in the San Juan Islands in the Northwest, cannoneer in Zion, or work in a baseball game in Boston. Cassie Shortsleeve, CNT, 9 Aug. 2017 His assistant and cannoneer, Tanner Pletcher, a Texas Tech senior studying civil engineering, shoves the plank down the barrel and rams it home with a makeshift plunger. Brantley Hargrove, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2017 Guzman was deployed to Iraq in 2004 as provisional infantry at Camp Fallujah and then to Afghanistan in 2010 as an artillery cannoneer. Junette Reyes, Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cannoneer
Noun
  • Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
  • During the 1930s and '40s, what was left of Indianola was turned into a major training base for thousands of artillerymen.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Who is Daniel Penny? Penny, a former Marine sergeant, served as a rifleman to Camp Lejeune from 2017 to 2021.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Averin Valeriy Vasilievich, a 52-year-old rifleman with the 153rd Tank Regiment, took the kettle and left the trench to fetch water.
    David Axe, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Ruth’s husband, Carl, a veteran Army machine gunner, explained that the couple were returning from a movie theater and had paused to turn on the foyer light.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Very often, a gunner isn't sure about exactly which ammunition will be needed on a particular mission, so erring on the side of caution means loading up with more than one kind in the feed belt, just in case an armor-piercing round is needed instead of shrapnel.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Cassel says taking on the musketeer role ticked his box of working on productions that break with norms, even if the film is an adaptation of the French classic by Alexandre Dumas.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The exhibition investigates these influences through the lens of four themes that Picasso returned to throughout his artistic career: the hero, the Minotaur, the voyeur and the musketeer.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
Noun
  • The drowning of a Voyageurs National Park ranger last month underscores the danger.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 2 Nov. 2024
  • But a national park ranger in Montana says that Sheehy actually shot himself at a park in the state in 2015.
    Stephen Neukam, Axios, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The archer and his wife kept the potion hidden in a safe until someone came to steal it one day.
    Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Just as archers practice visualization and cognitive reframing to manage stress and maintain composure in challenging situations, leaders can also use scenario planning and self-talk to become more resilient.
    Juan Carlos Holgado Michael D. Watkins, Harvard Business Review, 16 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Each year, millions of tons of waste harm marine ecosystems.
    Matthew Emma, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Kai Ryssdal: In other words, warfighters, mostly young marines, come into the lab and do both physical and mental stress tests under what might fairly be called extreme conditions.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Freeman was a mortarman, dropping onto the French shore in 1944 with an 18-pound mortar baseplate on his chest, according to Columbus Air Force Base, which honored his service last year.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 5 July 2022
  • During a simulated battle scenario, the mortarmen were to drive Humvees into a valley and fire mortars at a distant target, to be designated by a white-phosphorus explosion.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019

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“Cannoneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cannoneer. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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