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grenade

[gri-nayd] / grɪˈneɪd /


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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

A police union source said he picked up a sting-ball grenade fired by riot officers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Within the Sheriff’s Department, there are also two criminal investigations underway — one into the deputies’ deaths and another into the disappearance of a second grenade.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

That would scare me so much my nose would probably explode like a blood grenade.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

French protest organisers, the Gilets Jaunes, or Yellow Vests, have said dozens of protesters have been seriously injured during recent demonstrations across the country, with many hurt by "grenades".

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 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

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told radio broadcaster RTL early Wednesday that he had suspended the police use of stun grenades at the protests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 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

They had stick swords and pinecone grenades and ran as fast as they could through the trees.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss


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