grenade
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In June, a Russian drone dropped not a grenade but a loudspeaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
A police union source said he picked it up, but a witness said the grenade landed on him.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 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 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
She felt like she was back on the deck of the Argo II, holding the Boreads’ ice grenade just before it detonated.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
In Lyon, police used tear gas grenades to disperse a crowd which had reportedly gathered in an area deemed off-limits by the local prefecture.
From BBC ● 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
He is thin and tall, maybe two feet above us and dressed in the standard green uniform but without the rifle and grenades on him.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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