reaped

Example Sentences

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The top executives at GM and Ford in 2025 reaped the highest compensation ever during their tenures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said he would introduce legislation to ban the practice, citing a post on X alleging that six insiders may have reaped $1.2 million in profit from suspicious trades.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 1, 2026

The great Muhammad Ali reaped the benefit of this custom, fighting Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki in 1976 in front of 14,00 in Tokyo.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

He reaped big profits in the 1960s after diversifying into property, and extended his businesses into many sectors in the following decades.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

One of the few pieces of information we have about them is that at a very solemn moment the worshipers were shown “an ear of corn which had been reaped in silence.”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton