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broom

[broom, broom] / brum, brʊm /
NOUN
device for cleaning floors
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"This time, the water level is higher than the 2011 flood," the 44-year-old told AFP, using a broom to sweep out water.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

According to state prosecutors, Castro falsely claimed that Sosa-Celis and another man had attacked an ICE agent with a broom and shovel, and that he had simply acted in self defense.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

Miller, a 41-year-old design technician for a steel company in Linn, Mo., also made a protective cap for the sharp end of his garage push broom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

At one point it was reported that equipment was so scarce that recruits were training with broom handles instead of rifles.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026

She shook the snow off her broom before stepping back inside.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

It was fall, and the entryway smelled aggressively of cinnamon brooms.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

"My grandfather sold brooms out of the back of a van," he says, recalling riding with him as young boy, as they would travel to sell cleaning equipment.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

A few distant screeches of brooms on cobblestone, that’s all.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

The goats have gotten loose half a dozen times, and Paszterko’s family has helped Wilcox round them up using brooms, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024

The Witchlings, Seven’s family, and the Town Gran rode back to town on brooms.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega




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