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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping also stars McKenna Grace, Maya Hawke and Ralph Fiennes and is due to hit cinemas in November 2026.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Reaping the benefits of his diplomatic efforts, Saudi Arabia agreed on Tuesday to buy Turkish drones in the biggest defence contract in Turkey's history.

From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2023

At its start, a bus rolls into a station and a textbox at the bottom of the screen announces, “Now arriving at Reaping Commission Headquarters.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021

Should Be Fired For: Reaping disease, famine, and war upon mankind.

From Golf Digest • Dec. 31, 2018

As though she had had nothing to do with the Sowing and the Reaping.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy