reaper
Example Sentences
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The White House agreed to roll back the "grim reaper" workforce cuts it had ordered during the shutdown.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
Mercifully for Edmonton, they have Leon Draisaitl, their German goal-scoring virtuoso and overtime reaper, who yet again found magic in the sudden-death stanza.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2025
The paintings depict implausible scenarios: What if the grim reaper slipped on a banana on his way to kill you?
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2025
Ms. Council is making jam with pineapples or cantaloupe instead of peaches, and customers will have to wait until next year for her peach reaper sauce, made with Georgia peaches and Carolina reaper peppers.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2023
She asked instead for barley-water flavored with mint, the cooling draught of the reaper at harvest time and also the sacred cup given the worshipers at Eleusis.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Human Geography - Middle School
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The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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Human Geography - High School
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