reaper
Example Sentences
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He wasn’t a man to sit idly in death’s anteroom, awaiting the grim reaper.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
The White House agreed to roll back the "grim reaper" workforce cuts it had ordered during the shutdown.
From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025
Eventually they would expand the spice-level offerings from the simple choice of mild or hot to today’s seven options ranging from no spice to reaper.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 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
And probably happier that I wasn’t the grim reaper.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
Vocabulary lists containing reaper
Human Geography - Middle School
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The Industrial Revolution - Introductory
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Human Geography - High School
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