broomstick
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"Ronnie is a genius. He could play with a broomstick and play pretty well," said Davis.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
It’s friendly magic, the sort that lets you ride around on a broomstick instead of the kind that splits your soul into a bunch of little pieces.
From Slate ● Dec. 26, 2025
The staging of the former’s broomstick flights is “Top Gun” for tween girls, and her castle in the sky is a strangely scary redoubt somewhere between Tim Burton and a German Expressionist film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
Blessed with extraordinary hand-eye coordination, Rodriquez developed into an accomplished baseball pitcher as well, one who also could smack a pitched bottle cap with a broomstick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
The most they could do, however, was to lock away Harry’s spellbooks, wand, cauldron, and broomstick at the start of the summer break, and forbid him to talk to the neighbors.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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The main school, housed in a three-story red brick building, is something of a living monument to the traditions of English private schools — Harry Potter without robes and broomsticks.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2023
Their thinking about Ohlone cuisine has evolved: pastas harken back to Medina’s Sicilian great-great-great grandfather, who used broomsticks to dry them, and to Mexican and vaquero- inflected dishes like Venison Chile Colorado.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2022
Rowling in her hugely popular Harry Potter series — which features witches and wizards flying on broomsticks trying to score goals — is rebranding.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2022
Rogozin also added: “Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks, I don’t know what,” according to Reuters.
From The Verge ● Mar. 3, 2022
The left sock was bright red and had a pattern of broomsticks upon it; the right sock was green with a pattern of Snitches.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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