Recent Examples on the WebOur titular hero is a witch in training who, with the help of her talking cat, sets up a delivery service using her flying broomstick.—Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2023 The victims told officials they were held down by football players while someone prodded them in the legs and behinds with a broomstick.—Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 14 Feb. 2024 The same officer who prosecutors said called the first inmate into the officers’ quarters before the beating in December 2019 was accused of beating the other inmate with a broomstick that day, the information says.—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024 The star's powerful belt booms as her Elphaba makes a death-defying leap out a high-tower window, only to soar into the sky on her broomstick.—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2024 Create your own portal into an enchanted forest by placing broomsticks in planters and lining your front walkway with faux mushrooms.—Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Oct. 2023 Yet lookie-loos were soon thronging the neighborhood, hoping for a glimpse of a woman who might as well have been riding a broomstick.—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023 Following his arrest, Mr. Louima was sodomized with a broken broomstick by another white police officer in the 70th Precinct station house.—Sam Roberts, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2023 David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (debuting Nov. 15 and available to stream on Max) opens with footage of the stunt performer, now 42, spinning mid-air on Harry’s broomstick and dodging explosive dragon fire.—Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 14 Nov. 2023
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