broomstick
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Origin of 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
He compares the ride to riding a magic carpet or gliding around on a broomstick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2024
He wasn’t the only one, though: the way Seamus Finnigan told it, he’d spent most of his childhood zooming around the countryside on his broomstick.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
Those stereotypes might bring to mind images of black hats, broomsticks and cackling over cauldrons, common in much media.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
“Those guys are enormous and they’re fast. Again, we can practice with guys that have broomsticks attached to their hands. This is going to be new for us in some ways.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Quidditch, the sport of boarding school wizards riding broomsticks in “Harry Potter,” will become “quadball” to the humans who play the game in real life, its leading organizations said on Tuesday.
From New York Times ● 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
There were bulging bookcases, a few broomsticks propped against the walls, and in the corner, a large wooden-cased wireless.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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