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grenade

[gri-neyd] / grɪˈneɪd /


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Within the Sheriff’s Department, there are also two criminal investigations underway — one into the deputies’ deaths and another into the disappearance of a second grenade.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Since Hasina's fall from power, Rahman has been acquitted of the most serious charge against him: a life sentence handed down in absentia for a 2004 grenade attack on a Hasina rally.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Yellow and red smoke bombs representing grenade fire could be seen rising above power facilities scattered across the city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

According to the Hostages Families Forum, he "fled to a shelter in the kibbutz with other foreign students, deflected a live grenade with his bare hands, and through his bravery saved many lives".

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

As I finish off a taco, Elsie goes on and on about some new flea grenade that the Agent Support Division of the Department of Magical Science is working on.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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