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grenade

[gri-neyd] / grɪˈneɪd /


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The deputies responded to the scene in personal work trucks rather than the department’s bomb truck and Osborn improperly examined the grenade and falsely reported it inert, according to the complaint.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

As evidence, it cited a February 2024 post from the IDF's Arabic spokesman, which included photos that he said showed Wishah operating weapons, including a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2026

After a grenade almost killed him in Normandy, he earned a Purple Heart and then sang in the jazz clubs of Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 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

Or, more precisely, he’d keep asking questions, keep sighing and staring at the car like it was a hand grenade, until Toby finally told him the truth.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

An AFP photographer saw law enforcement use stun grenades to try disperse the crowds near Madison Square Garden.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

But search warrants have focused on the source of the grenades.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

How close is good enough for horseshoes, hand grenades and constitutional law under Bruen?

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 1, 2026

“He is putting out on the internet, turtles with rocket-propelled grenades — I mean, have you seen this?”

From Salon Dec. 2, 2025

Reporters throw questions at me like hand grenades.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon




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