grim reaper
noun
often capitalized G&R
: death especially when personified as a man or skeleton with a scythe
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Many were wearing old-school pressman’s hats made out of newspapers and custom T-shirts featuring the grim reaper marking the end of the printing plant itself.
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2024
In it, a dark copper statue sits—its face obscured by the hood of an ankle-length cloak, like a grim reaper in repose—amid barren branches in the snow.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
At the same time, the company became the entertainment industry’s grim reaper.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2023
Before the reception, guests opting to have tattoos were asked to sign waivers giving their permission to be inked by a local artist with designs including a grim reaper.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2024
In it, a dark copper statue sits—its face obscured by the hood of an ankle-length cloak, like a grim reaper in repose—amid barren branches in the snow.
—Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
At the same time, the company became the entertainment industry’s grim reaper.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2023
Before the reception, guests opting to have tattoos were asked to sign waivers giving their permission to be inked by a local artist with designs including a grim reaper.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
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