grenade

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The claim alleges that Kelley-Eklund and Osborn failed to properly examine and handle the grenade, and says Lemus was not expecting a live device to be present at the training center.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 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

For politicians, trying to reform the veteran disability system and America’s other broken entitlement programs can seem like picking up a grenade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

Almost anything seen on the frontline - from small radars and grenade launchers to jeeps, trucks, tanks and actual soldiers - may be fake.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 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