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How to use the word cannons in a Sentence?

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The Gloucester was our fourth dive season looking for The Gloucester, we were starting to believe that we were not going to find her, we'd dived so much and just found sand. On my descent to the seabed the first thing I spotted were large cannons laying on white sand, it was awe-inspiring and really beautiful. We were the only people in the world at that moment in time who knew where the wreck lay.

Lincoln Barnwell

Found on CNN
1 year ago

SpinLaunch was just an exercise in taking a fresh look at how can we use renewable energy and ground based energy to really just do this in a different way, i ran about maybe 20 or 30 different scenarios from rail guns to electromagnetic accelerators, to, you know, space cannons, to light gas guns.

Jonathan Yaney

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Over two years of negotiations has shown the world : What the The US military government failed to obtain at the negotiating table, they still failed to obtain though the use of warplanes and cannons.

The US military

Found on CNN
4 years ago

When we find cannons, we’re quite excited because, if we’re allowed to excavate around them, there will be ‘concretions’ of items near the cannon from when the ship sank.

Mark Milburn

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

That does not make Trump and Cruz sound strong, it makes them sound in over their heads... You know loose cannons tend to misfire, and in a dangerous world that is a gamble we cannot afford.

Hillary Clinton

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Lebanese security officials responded to overwhelmingly peaceful protesters in downtown Beirut by shooting into the air with live rounds, firing rubber bullets, tear gas canisters, and water cannons, and in some cases hurling stones and beating protesters with batons and rifles.

Lama Fakih

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They blocked the two exits with pick-up trucks and a van with water cannons. Clearly, they don't want leaders to get out and are trying to control the protest.

Souleymane Tianguel Bah

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I smelled the residue of smoke, smelled like fireworks, cannons.

Boston Police Officer Lauren Woods

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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