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reaper

[ree-per] / ˈri pər /


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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

Earle reposts a TikTok video that likens Cooper to the grim reaper.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

In 2003, he was responsible for a grim reaper, which was painted on the side of Thekla, a boat and nightclub venue in Bristol.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

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

Often he was able to enter her presence in disguise, now as a rude reaper bringing her a basket of barley-ears, now as a clumsy herdsman, or a vine-pruner.

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




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