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Grim Reaper

NOUN
death
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One thing to be said in favor of the Grim Reaper: His taste in literature is pretty sound.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

But Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Senate testimony on Thursday let everyone know that Santa isn’t coming — it’s the Grim Reaper, urging us to bring out the dead.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2025

Cartoonists often depicted the Grim Reaper seated behind the wheel.

From Slate May 25, 2024

During renovation work in 2014, the image of the Grim Reaper in a boat was removed to preserve it in the M-Shed museum.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2024

“Your Grim Reaper friend, Mrs. Dubicki,” she revealed, still sounding all bubbly.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos



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