How to Use water cannon in a Sentence

water cannon

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  • Thank you @PhillyFireDept for the water cannon salute !!
    — Erin McCarthy, Philly.com, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 15 Dec. 2019
  • The police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse the crowd, the statement said.
    — Iliana Magra, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Police fired tear gas, water cannons and, in one case, shot a gun into the air.
    — James Griffiths, CNN, 31 Aug. 2019
  • The Lebanese army fired water cannons and tear gas as youths hurled stones and burned effigies of Trump.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Police used water cannon and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Police cleared them off the streets by using water cannons and their fists.
    — The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
  • The party hasn't stopped and has now featured a water cannon salute and some great Rapinoe dance moves.
    — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 8 July 2019
  • The police in Tel Aviv turned a water cannon on protesters who had blocked a main road for hours.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Sometimes, there is just a big hole at the bottom of the dam (on the dry side) so that water can just shoot out like a massive water cannon.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 31 May 2021
  • Tear gas and water cannons were used against the protesters in an effort to disperse them.
    — Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
  • At one point, the water cannon sprayed a handful of people standing outside a mosque.
    — Kelvin Chan, The Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Instead, they were turned away by riot police, and the parade was shut down with tear gas and water cannons.
    — Zoë Madonna, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2018
  • Imagine the lightest discernible breath of air on a calm day compared to the force of a powerful water cannon.
    — Peter Tuthill, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • That’s when a crack can be heard, after which Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing crumples as the water cannon continues to spray.
    — Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Sprinklers would unleash rain and fog, while water cannons spewed waves.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Police used a water cannon to clear protesters who blocked a main artery leading to Jerusalem.
    — Julia Frankel, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2023
  • To celebrate the momentous flight, United covered the gate in balloons and waved the plane off with a water cannon salute.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2021
  • Police scuffled with protesters and sprayed the crowd with a water cannon.
    — Ilan Ben Zion, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
  • China used a water cannon eight times on the fishing vessels in the first mission, and then four times on the resupply mission.
    — Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Police in the port city of Rotterdam used a water cannon and tear gas in an attempt to disperse a crowd of rioters.
    — Mike Corder, Star Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
  • The army responded with rubber bullets, tear gas and a water cannon.
    — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2022
  • Police fired tear gas and water cannon in an attempt to disperse the crowd, Reuters witnesses said.
    — NBC News, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowds and in the early evening, a water cannon sprayed remaining groups of protesters on Place de la Bastille.
    — NBC News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • In the elephant habitat, staff have the option of spraying a large water cannon to help cool animals down even further.
    — Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Police deployed water cannons and tear gas to try to disperse the rioters.
    — Laignee Barron, Time, 3 May 2018
  • Over the next two days, the young protesters hit the streets en masse, confronting police armed with snarling German shepherds in addition to the water cannon blasts.
    — Steven Levingston, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Police used water cannon on protesters for the first time on Friday.
    — NBC News, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Accompanying adults are welcome to take in the passing views of the Hilton Head coast, that is, if they're not enthralled with the firing of water cannons and the fending off of bad guys.
    — Paul Oswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The Philippine authorities protested China’s use of a water cannon and military-grade lasers.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024

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