grenade
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In account of Saturday's events, Rutland told reporters that members of the infantry had been conducting "high-intensity combat training with live munitions" at a grenade range and attack range.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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
However, a witness told local media that the teenager did not pick up the grenade.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Ganfield said there was a flash, similar to when a grenade goes off in a film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Frank was better known for the Giant Goldfish Fiasco in Atlanta, and, just yesterday, for turning into a two-hundred-kilo gorilla only to get knocked senseless by a flash-bang grenade.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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
Police have since been banned from using stun grenades at school protests.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Thursday, Cole states the simulated gunfire and grenades went on for about 45 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
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
Reporters throw questions at me like hand grenades.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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