broomstick
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Fahmy painted a Keith Haring-style black-and-white mural at the top of the stairs and continued onto the second-floor walls using a paintbrush taped to a broomstick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
To disguise the swelling caused by hours of handshaking, Volk suggested Lincoln grasp a sawed-off broomstick.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 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
At first glance, the potter wasp appears to be riding a broomstick.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
“Potter’s been sent a broomstick, Professor,” said Malfoy quickly.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
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
The sisters run amok using Roombas instead of flying broomsticks and chug anti-aging creams in a local pharmacy.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 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
They sped off up adjacent aisles; Harry could hear the others’ footsteps echoing through the towering piles of junk, of bottles, hats, crates, chairs, books, weapons, broomsticks, bats....
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
