broom
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When the AI reported “a person is jumping from the roof of a house,” it was Soderstrom again, this time standing up quickly in the lanai and grabbing a hose or broom, she recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Frances Perkins, Franklin Roosevelt’s Labor secretary, recalled having to clean up the agency — not just morally and ethically, but with broom and bucket, when she took over from William Nuckles Doak, Herbert Hoover’s appointee.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Some predicted they would be swept, but they could be doing the broom bit.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
"We used big chisels on the end of broom handles. A bit like gardening hoes. You use those to stab at it and shave stuff way," explained Roche.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
A few of the witch’s children held on to May, Jack, and the broom, but Jack managed to kick and poke the little monsters off as May angled the broom up into the sky.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
