broomstick
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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
He compares the ride to riding a magic carpet or gliding around on a broomstick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2024
DRACO: Two lunks who wouldn’t know one end of a broomstick from another.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
“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
We come across cauldrons, broomsticks and giant tins of baked beans.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2022
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
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
“I just remembered it is All Hallows Eve. This is the night the witches are supposed to ride abroad on broomsticks, and the spirits do all sorts of queer things.”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
