grim reaper
noun
often capitalized G&R
: death especially when personified as a man or skeleton with a scythe
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Both films share an affinity for Rube Goldberg death traps and a creative grim reaper that can strike any moment.
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2025
Film Starring Daisy Ridley Lands 'Bourne Ultimatum' Writer George Nolfi
The city’s grim reaper here is La Flaca (Saray Rebolledo), a wily and seductive Black woman who spends her days at a dive bar called Babel.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
The grim reaper became Napier’s bunkmate Saturday after Florida’s 41-17 beatdown at the hands of Miami.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2024
Marlon Wayans shared his excitement for the age-old franchise in an Instagram post Tuesday, posed next to a grinning grim reaper.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2025
Film Starring Daisy Ridley Lands 'Bourne Ultimatum' Writer George Nolfi
The city’s grim reaper here is La Flaca (Saray Rebolledo), a wily and seductive Black woman who spends her days at a dive bar called Babel.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
The grim reaper became Napier’s bunkmate Saturday after Florida’s 41-17 beatdown at the hands of Miami.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2024
Marlon Wayans shared his excitement for the age-old franchise in an Instagram post Tuesday, posed next to a grinning grim reaper.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Grim reaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grim%20reaper. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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