grenades

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Mr. Hanks does not feel, like some others, that he has to sell us on the importance of the subject at hand, hurling superlatives like hand grenades.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Afterward, Mexican forces seized heavy weapons, including a high-caliber Barrett rifle, munitions, mortar grenades, two rocket launchers and eight vehicles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Now, she’s a mom on the edge, a woman resigned to life’s fringes, where she must tiptoe around live grenades so as not to make anything worse.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2025

‘You know what I mean. You’re immune. Or, heck, give me some of those nice water grenades and I’ll go. Ares and I have tangled before.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan