grenade

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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

The claim argues that Lemus was relying on the expertise of his fellow deputies, and would not have expected them to bring a live grenade onto a training campus or use one for training purposes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Since Hasina's fall from power, Rahman has been acquitted of the most serious charge against him: a life sentence handed down in absentia for a 2004 grenade attack on a Hasina rally.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Yellow and red smoke bombs representing grenade fire could be seen rising above power facilities scattered across the city.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

Of course everybody jumped up like she was an unpinned grenade and tried to quiet her, but it was too late.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd