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Recent Examples of cannoneer
Crew can be assigned to the deck or boarding teams, with multiple slots for cannoneers, gunners, and boarders.
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PCMAG, 20 Feb. 2025
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
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
PCMAG, 20 Feb. 2025
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
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
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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
Noun
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All districts were open to riflemen and bowmen alike.—
Ray Alt,
Outdoor Life,
27 Mar. 2025
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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
Noun
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Skowronek, who is an excellent gunner, was the most likely candidate to claim the fifth spot based on his special teams value.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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George Sherman was a 19-year-old tank gunner from Brooklyn when his patrol found Mauthausen.—
Sara J. Brenneis,
The Conversation,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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The president and his political musketeers are slowly dismantling the opposition.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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More than 2,400 National Park Service employees have been laid off or taken buyouts ‒ roughly 10% of the rangers and other workers who keep national parks open to the more than 330 million people who visit them each year.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Some version of Power Rangers has been consistently on air since then, across five networks, spanning nearly 1,000 episodes, and featuring three dozen actors playing the core team of rangers.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The rotating caliper head means that it can be used by both left-handed and right-handed archers.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2025
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In survival mode, players have to fend off attacks from enemy creatures like zombies, giant spiders, and skeleton archers that come out at night, almost turning it into a horror game.—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Telegram account of the Defense Ministry’s publication Zvezda reported last week that Russian marines fighting in the Kursk region were using all-terrain motorcycles to evacuate civilians and wounded soldiers.—
Daria Tarasova Markina and Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
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That’s why many owners opt to hire Ryan West, a superyacht marine engineer who worked for Sir Richard Branson on both Necker and Moskito islands, overseeing renovations to the former and development of the latter from raw land into a world-famous resort.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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 19 May. 2025.
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