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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.
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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
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
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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
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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
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Shortly after, a procession of riflemen and a statue of the Virgin Mary are paraded from San Geronimo de Taos church in front of more than 1,000 onlookers.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
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These are not necessarily easy shot opportunities, so rifle setups need to be accurate and the rifleman needs to posess real skills.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
28 Nov. 2024
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Detroit used Thomas-Oliver as a gunner and as a jammer on punt returns defense/offense.—
Walter Villa,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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Russian gunners opened fire, lighting up the early morning sky.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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The president and his political musketeers are slowly dismantling the opposition.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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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
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Read Next National ‘Mystery bone’ leaves rangers ‘stumped’ in Alaska.—
Sara Schilling,
Sacramento Bee,
30 Jan. 2025
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Spencer Solomon/National Park Service Park rangers were able to provide the hiker with a harness and lowered him down the slope.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Recurve bows are long, elegant and low-tech, and rely mostly on the strength of the archer.—
Rona Berg,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The company that previously sold its archer vehicle barricades to the city delivered more last week and is training people here how to use them.—
Axios,
Axios,
13 Jan. 2025
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Its latest title puts players in the role of Zula Hendricks, an ex-colonial marine investigating LV-354.—
Gieson Cacho,
The Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2024
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Compact and Lightweight Design: Portability That Delivers Space and weight matter, especially in applications like RV travel, marine adventures, or golf cart performance.—
Lauren Carpenter,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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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
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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 4 Feb. 2025.
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