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

On social media, he posts more provocatively than any other coach, hurling grenades at anyone and everyone, including his old bosses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

“When are you going to talk about calling out grenades and flash bangs and using different weapons? Very rarely.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

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

Reporters throw questions at me like hand grenades.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon