grenade
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A police union source said he picked it up, but a witness said the grenade landed on him.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Badly treated at home, a place he describes as “a hand grenade with the pin half pulled,” young Sylvester was thrown out of a dozen schools as his family moved from one situation to another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Police have confirmed a suspicious item which led to road closures around a canal in Retford was a replica grenade.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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
I keep thinking Dofia Hita reported the grenade diagrams we left out in the open that time she surprised us.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
Police fired several tear gas grenades to clear the group, which was holding its protest near a university building and the city's police station.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 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
Police have since been banned from using stun grenades at school protests.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The interior ministry also said police would stop using stun grenades on the students.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Here they were, hiding behind a wall in the middle of a magical war zone, with grenades and grizzly bears and Bronze Butt Nikettes to worry about, and Percy pulls this on him.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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