grenade
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In account of Saturday's events, Rutland told reporters that members of the infantry had been conducting "high-intensity combat training with live munitions" at a grenade range and attack range.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
They also found a World War II grenade, which threw, well, another grenade into the schedule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
A police union source said he picked up a sting-ball grenade fired by riot officers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The grenade factory also began designing launchers at the request of Defense Minister Pedro Sanchez in October 2023.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Of course everybody jumped up like she was an unpinned grenade and tried to quiet her, but it was too late.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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French protest organisers, the Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vests, have said dozens of protesters have been seriously injured during recent demonstrations across the country, with many hurt by "grenades".
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Such moments of barbed humor are infrequent in “Fatherland,” but Pawlikowski wields them like grenades, shattering the stifling niceties enveloping Thomas and Erika.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
"Authorities must allow young people to exercise these rights without fear of being hit by tear gas grenades or batons, or being arbitrarily taken into police custody," said Amnesty France president Anne Savinel-Barras.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
In California, Prince Harry could be treated as a faraway problem and was largely ignored by palace courtiers, who routinely refused to comment on the verbal grenades launched by the man fifth-in-line for the throne.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
When the waiter walked through the door and brought us coffee, placing the cups carefully on the table as if they were live grenades, Vidal didn’t even bother to look up.
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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