scythe
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Now, no matter how fast we run, the grim reaper’s scythe is still inches from our heels.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025
OK, Verstappen did not scythe through the group involving Yuki Tsunoda’s RB, Esteban Ocon’s Alpine and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc as quickly as he might have been expected to do.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024
This year, the garden staff wielded a scythe, too.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023
“We foreshadow what the Wolf will reveal he is later in the story by having his sickle, or scythe, having that same kind of framing.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2023
As much as she resisted, as much as she told herself this was not the life for her, she had come to see its importance, and how good a scythe she would be.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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