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broom

[broom, broom] / brum, brʊm /
NOUN
device for cleaning floors
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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

Some predicted they would be swept, but they could be doing the broom bit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

“You can take a broom and romance it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

If it were her back or another tough area that warranted a good scratch, she would use the bristle end of a broom.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Miss Mortimer took a broom from the classroom closet and began sweeping up the broken glass.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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