grenade
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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
A police union source said he picked up a sting-ball grenade fired by riot officers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 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
Vaughters likened his comments to rolling “a grenade down the aisle,” but the blast was both explanatory and useful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026
It was like I’d pulled the pin on a grenade.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
And on Friday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told France 2 television that officers could use stun grenades in case of "extremely serious urban violence".
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Nunez told France 2 that officers could use stun grenades in case of "extremely serious urban violence".
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 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
The security forces used tear gas and stun grenades.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Reporters throw questions at me like hand grenades.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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