| 单词 | broomstick |
| 例句 | Not just my face and messy hair, but also my broomstick neck and scrawny body and arms. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Too eager to fly again to wait for Wood, Harry mounted his broomstick and kicked off from the ground. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Then she blindfolded me again and I whipped the air with the broomstick until the pinata burst open, releasing long, gooey tentacles of raw egg. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron gaped, openmouthed, at the seven superb broomsticks in front of him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He mounted his broomstick and kicked at the ground, soaring up into the air. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z There were bulging bookcases, a few broomsticks propped against the walls, and in the corner, a large wooden-cased wireless. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Apart from his friends, the thing that Harry missed most about Hogwarts was Quidditch, the most popular sport in the magical world — highly dangerous, very exciting, and played on broomsticks. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He was used to a broomstick; but he wasn’t sure a hippogriff would be quite the same. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Mr. Munch reached into the locker and pulled out the head of a broom—the sweeping part—which he'd detached from the broomstick. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z It contains your new Nimbus Two Thousand, but I don’t want everybody knowing you’ve got a broomstick or they’ll all want one. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The broomstick spun to earth, but he just managed to seize the strap of his rucksack and the top of the cage as the motorbike swung the right way up again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But Ron had already strode past her out of the door with his broomstick over his shoulder. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Harry thought he heard Percy discoursing loudly on broomstick regulations, and was quite glad of the excuse not to stop and say hello.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z His toy broomstick could hardly be considered interesting to the Death Eaters....The only potentially useful thing he could see here was possible information on Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It looked, Alexander wrote, “like a charred, knobby broomstick.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So they laid broomsticks across their doors at night and sprinkled salt on porch steps. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone stand by a broomstick. Come on, hurry up.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She coated the kitchen table with flour and, using a bleached broomstick, rolled out paper-thin sheets of dough. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They sped off up adjacent aisles; Harry could hear the others’ footsteps echoing through the towering piles of junk, of bottles, hats, crates, chairs, books, weapons, broomsticks, bats.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Apparently his nerves couldn’t stand the sound of the word “broomsticks” in his living room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Moon Boy lurched about the hall on stilts making mock of everyone, while Ser Dontos chased serving girls on his broomstick horse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Neville had never been on a broomstick in his life, because his grandmother had never let him near one. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Five minutes after that, they skidded to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Something large, much larger than a broomstick — or, indeed, a hundred broomsticks — was hurtling across the deep blue sky toward the castle, growing larger all the time. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A silver whistle was protruding from under the mustache, and he was carrying a large wooden crate under one arm, his broomstick under the other. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Miss Granger has just informed me that you have been sent a broomstick, Potter.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z When she came out again, she had on a sacklike blouse with ripped sleeves and a broomstick skirt that brushed the top of her feet. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z DRACO: Two lunks who wouldn’t know one end of a broomstick from another. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z She’s the shape of a breakfast-link sausage standing on broomstick legs, her arms made from twigs, her face blurred with an eraser. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The left sock was bright red and had a pattern of broomsticks upon it; the right sock was green with a pattern of Snitches. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z All seven of them held out their broomsticks. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A short way farther on, they saw two little witches, barely older than Kevin, who were riding toy broomsticks that rose only high enough for the girls’ toes to skim the dewy grass. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Lelia recognizes this, too, and they all gallop on broomsticks while they recite an old nursery rhyme. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A metal heart was banging outside his chest, and now he was flying, flying with triumph in his heart, without need of broomstick or thestral.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My notes on how to keep a boo-hag out of your house—the haint-blue paint, the broomstick across the door—were all gone! Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They each seized a broomstick and kicked off into the air, soaring into the midst of the cloud of keys. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z About ten minutes later, four broomsticks came swooping down out of the darkness. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Somebody Stupefied a Death Eater on top of the tower after Dumbledore died. There were also two broomsticks up there. The Ministry can add two and two, Harry.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z One was selling broomsticks, and he shuffled over the muddy roads like a walking stack of kindling. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “And the Jelly Slugs? And the Acid Pops? Fred gave me one of those when I was seven — it burnt a hole right through my tongue. I remember Mum walloping him with her broomstick.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Harry stuffed his rucksack and broomstick down by his feet and rammed Hedwig’s cage between his knees. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Several boys of about Harry’s age had their noses pressed against a window with broomsticks in it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He wondered whether the witch would be old and iron-toothed and travel in a house on chicken legs, or whether she would be thin and sharp-nosed and carry a broomstick. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Flint was doubled up, hanging onto his new broomstick for support. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “So — that’s sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn’t it?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Like the real Krum, the model was slightly duck-footed and round-shouldered, much less impressive on his splayed feet than on his broomstick. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And the dead soldiers posing in the shop windows were Russians now, propped up with broomsticks, their faces painted with swastikas. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Maybe he’s broken his Hand of Glory,” said Ron vaguely, as he attempted to straighten his broomstick’s bent tail twigs. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I’m curious but also a little bit scared, and I don’t want to say something corny like “Where’s your broomstick?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z He turned to tell Ron this, but Ron’s face had gone oddly slack, and next second Ron was yelling, “Did I tell you I’ve invented a broomstick that’ll reach Jupiter?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “That’s a broomstick,” he said, throwing it back to Harry with a mixture of jealousy and spite on his face. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Were there really shops that sold spell books and broomsticks? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Five minutes later they were marching up the hill, broomsticks over their shoulders. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “The boy’s a natural. I’ve never seen anything like it. Was that your first time on a broomstick, Potter?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Several people in green robes were walking onto the field, broomsticks in their hands. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z One year old and already zooming along on a toy broomstick, he looked so pleased with himself I’m enclosing a picture so you can see. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I heard about the match,” said Lupin, turning back to his desk and starting to pile books into his briefcase, “and I’m sorry about your broomstick. Is there any chance of fixing it?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “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.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z But Mack and the boys had taken the crepe paper, the masks, the broomsticks and paper pumpkins, the red, white, and blue bunting, and moved over the lot and across the street to the laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If only she could fly to the Westing house on a broomstick instead of scrambling over rocks on all fours, what with all she had to carry. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z In fairy-tales, witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks, and they ride on broomsticks. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Wood shouted, seizing his broomstick and leading the way out of the locker rooms. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Just what I always wanted. To make a fool of myself on a broomstick in front of Malfoy.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “As we approached,” reported Pash, “pillowcases, sheets, towels and other white articles attached to flagpoles, broomsticks and window shutters flew the message of surrender.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He trotted his broomstick around her, shouting "Traitor, traitor" and whacking her over the head with the melon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He needs to fly out of that maze naked on a broomstick made of purple feather dusters. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Finally, he settled on the moment when he had first ridden a broomstick. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Ron threw away the fangs and broomstick he was holding and responded with such enthusiasm that he lifted Hermione off her feet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “How lovely! Why don’t you come and join — ?” “I wouldn’t come near you with a ten-foot broomstick,” said Harry furiously. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Can’t nothing interfere with a broomstick except powerful Dark magic — no kid could do that to a Nimbus Two Thousand.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z When the 46th Guards were quietly idling their engines, maybe the cowering soldiers below imagined that the swooping wings sounded eerily like witch’s broomsticks soaring through the dark sky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “It was Snape,” Ron was explaining, “Hermione and I saw him. He was cursing your broomstick, muttering, he wouldn’t take his eyes off you.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was a broomstick with an upside-down protractor attached on one end and a wooden straightedge on the opposing side that rotated around a nail. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She slashed at birch leaves till the splintery point of the broken broomstick was green and sticky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then Harry realized that Ron had covered nearly every inch of the shabby wallpaper with posters of the same seven witches and wizards, all wearing bright orange robes, carrying broomsticks, and waving energetically. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The red-faced fool went sprawling, broomstick, melon, and all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But she just poked him painfully in the side with the end of the broomstick, laughing at him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Correctional surgery had left her right ankle as thin as a broomstick. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He felt as though his bones were broomsticks, the kind that snapped easily during the harmattan. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes she carried her broomstick horse like a staff. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of the fourth group had come without broomsticks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She put her broomstick back in its hiding place and followed him from the gods- wood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They both walked stiffly, like they had broomsticks taped to their spines. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He then lay the broomstick on his shoulder and began pumping bazooka shells into Bull’s midriff. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s about a foot shorter than I am and as scrawny as a broomstick. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z They left the hall quickly, wanting to unwrap the broomstick in private before their first class, but halfway across the entrance hall they found the way upstairs barred by Crabbe and Goyle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She hadn’t spoken to either of them since the day Harry’s broomstick had arrived. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In the beginning I used a sawed-off broomstick with an old tennis ball stuck on one end. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Figures on broomsticks were flying past the windows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Giggling in chorus, the workers waved some fence posts, broomsticks, bicycle chains, and bricks. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Three of the Death Eaters swerved and avoided it, but the fourth was not so lucky: He vanished from view and then dropped like a boulder from behind it, his broomstick broken into pieces. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “And now you even let them into our house!” shrieked the man, grabbing the broomstick leaning against the wall. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Then he’d realized that nobody found this funny, because they were all so impressed at the way Harry had managed to stay on his bucking broomstick. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He climbed carefully along one of the branches, holding tight to his broomstick, trying to see through the leaves. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z These boys are not like the scrawny broomsticks back home in Haiti. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath, then lifted the broomstick in both hands and brought it down across her knee. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z One of his friends held a broomstick dangling a rubber bat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Finally, on the third day, the old man came at him with a broomstick. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Harry ripped the parcel open and gasped as a magnificent, gleaming broomstick rolled out onto his bedspread. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A scarlet-clad figure on a broomstick, moving so fast it was blurred, shot out onto the field from an entrance far below, to wild applause from the Bulgarian supporters. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A large wooden trunk stood open at the foot of his bed, revealing a cauldron, broomstick, black robes, and assorted spellbooks. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “But all my Hogwarts stuff — my wand — my broomstick —” “Where is it?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He had the Invisibility Cloak he had inherited from his father — what if he bewitched the trunk to make it feather-light, tied it to his broomstick, covered himself in the cloak, and flew to London? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Only last year Harry had fallen fifty feet from an airborne broomstick. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The Slytherins were already there, and so were twenty broomsticks lying in neat lines on the ground. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I assume they are just finishing the night shift, because they are hunched over screens, their chins propped on their hands, or slumped against broomsticks, barely remembering to sweep. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Men in bright orange robes were zooming in and out of sight on broomsticks, throwing a red ball to one another. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The most they could do, however, was to lock away Harry’s spellbooks, wand, cauldron, and broomstick at the start of the summer break, and forbid him to talk to the neighbors. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z His broomstick was still rising higher and higher, and started to drift lazily toward the forbidden forest and out of sight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He pulled his broomstick up a little to take it even higher, and heard screams and gasps of girls back on the ground and an admiring whoop from Ron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z "The old-fashioned suits just used single layers of fabric and broomsticks and had very little scientific engineering behind them." 'Transformers' jumpers up in birdland 2011-06-29T21:47:00Z “This is the most fun I’ve ever had,” says Emma Watson, who in her film roles has had a pretty marvelous time flying on broomsticks, casting spells and vanquishing evil. Emma Watson Says Being Called a 'Feminazi' Won't Stop Her 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z The skiffle revolution began “when British teens realized that they could make it onto the radio by mastering a broomstick and a kazoo.” The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z “Creepy!” he cried after the witch shot fire out of the end of her broomstick at the scarecrow. Frugal Traveler: In Kansas, Museums, Fried Chicken and, Yes, ‘Oz’ 2013-08-07T18:58:00Z Levitating objects, launching broomsticks and other freaky hands-on activities will be available at the National Air and Space Museum event. Bring out the mad scientist in you with these spooktacular events 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z The opening scene is humorously spooky, with the three witches flying in, not on broomsticks but in harness. Vocal toil and trouble beset Lyric's 'Macbeth' 2010-10-02T18:53:00Z She apparently paced the sidewalk near the Johnsons' new home and was attacked just a few doors down by several kids wielding baseball bats and broomstick. Family abandons dog; strangers abuse it 2011-12-12T05:11:00Z Their thinking about Ohlone cuisine has evolved: pastas harken back to Medina’s Sicilian great-great-great grandfather, who used broomsticks to dry them, and to Mexican and vaquero- inflected dishes like Venison Chile Colorado. Indigenous Founders of a Museum Cafe Put Repatriation on the Menu 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The same model of device - once attached to a broomstick to spy on the Italian embassy in Tirana - is on display in another museum depicting the work of the communist-era interior ministry. Albanians view antique communist-era spyware in 'House of Leaves' 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z “So I set up a cardboard podium in my living room, put a foam ball on a broomstick to create a microphone and just asked people to make random award presentations.” What Are the Razzie Awards? 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z “After Les left,” Port writes, “the managers chortled among themselves about that crazy guitar player who wanted Gibson to build a broomstick with pickups on it.” Behind the Guitar Heroes 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z Adults wouldn’t spend their weekends in public parks with broomsticks between their legs, playing Quidditch. Can you imagine a world without Star Wars, Harry Potter or Oasis? 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Police found several kids trying to beat Isis with baseball bats and broomsticks at around 6 p.m. on the 600 block of North Drake Avenue, according to a police report. Potential owners lining up for abused dog 2011-12-12T21:06:00Z The game differs from the fictional version in that its participants are unable to fly; instead they run with their broomsticks held between their legs. Harry Potter course to be offered at Durham University 2010-08-19T11:21:00Z Now, I hate to make sweeping generalisations, but if you’re going to practise witchcraft, then you’re going to need a broomstick. Broomsticks, T-shirts and coffee: what every feminist wants for Christmas 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Photograph: British Museum They ride on broomsticks – or backwards on goats, according to the German artist Albrecht Dürer. Witches have always cast a wicked spell over art 2012-12-17T15:09:03Z One said she wrote “with a broomstick” instead of a pen; another called her “a kind of Virginia Werewoolf.” ‘Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life’ 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z He is, undeniably, an entertainer: see as he pulls a young woman from the crowd for an earthy serenade, or unveils a musical instrument made from a Morris Minor hubcap stuck to a broomstick. Pulp storm Reading festival 2011 2011-08-28T11:37:21Z If I were a witch, I told my daughter, I would have flown home on a broomstick — by myself. How I learned to love RV travel in my 90s 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Nor can she trust Oz’s supreme authority, the Wizard, who uses her as a one-girl counterrevolution, sending her on a suicide mission to steal the Wicked Witch’s broomstick. Oz Revisited – Part 3: A Parable of Empowerment 2013-09-18T15:30:10Z Yet he was preeminently a jazz musician; and it was the notes, not the instrument, that counted — his harmonica, he liked to say, “could be a broomstick or a tuba.” ‘Toots’ Thielemans, master of the jazz harmonica, dies at 94 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The same model of device - once attached to a broomstick to spy on the Italian embassy in Tirana - is on display in another museum depicting the work of the communist-era interior ministry. Albanians view antique communist-era spyware in 'House of Leaves' 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Her stage character, Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, was simultaneously gorgeous and scary: a beauty queen on a broomstick. Music Review: Idina Menzel at Carnegie Hall 2013-01-16T18:07:19Z Benevolent or evil, Wirkola’s witches do more than fly on broomsticks. A Punkster Hansel & Gretel: That Witch Does Not Kill Us 2013-01-25T21:25:50Z They can also shoot quaffles — balls from the sport of Quidditch — through hoops, but no one, alas, gets to ride a broomstick while doing so. Spare Times for Children for Dec. 7-13 2012-12-06T23:19:41Z “I’ve probably got more broomstick air miles than any other human being on the planet,” Holmes quips. ‘David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived’ Review: Harry Potter’s Stunt Wizard 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Struck with a broomstick during a fight, he tried to push a fellow cadet out a second-floor window, only to be thwarted when two other students intervened. Confident. Incorrigible. Bully: Little Donny was a lot like candidate Donald Trump 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The singers will be accompanied by a “shout stick,” historically often a mop or broomstick, since drums were outlawed at the time. Her Symphony Reclaims an Ancestral Story, and Classical Music 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z “I always tell people I’ve never seen the inside of a closet — broomstick or otherwise,” he says. This Life: For this witch, Wicca is about personal responsibility and growth 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z We danced around a fire with five broomsticks, there was music and lots to eat: dishes of stewed rabbit, squirrel and hedgehog. The Gypsy wedding that changed my life 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z The other cadets carried a Zambian flag and a staff in the shape of “a crested eagle on a dinner plate atop a sawn-off broomstick.” The Zambian “Afronaut” Who Wanted to Join the Space Race 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z But there are no broomsticks, no steaming cauldrons, no pointed hats, no witches' sabbaths, no black masses. Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell 2012-07-20T21:55:10Z A boy who played air guitar with a broomstick and longed for a real guitar of his own. Local books on Jimi Hendrix, Seahawks, Al Franken 2010-10-25T23:39:00Z He is almost always in profile, his nose a broomstick, his jutting hairdo the silhouette of a gun. Review: In ‘The Arab of the Future 2,’ Back to Syria in 1984 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z On Friday, Mrs. Rowling posted the first part of her “History of the Quidditch World Cup,” an expansive description of the game that Harry and his Hogwarts colleagues play, using flying broomsticks, throughout the series. ArtsBeat: J. K. Rowling Publishes First Part of ‘History of the Quidditch World Cup’ 2014-03-14T19:23:10Z But Witch? magazine gave it four broomsticks, and I wouldn’t argue with them. Kitchen gadgets review: the Ozpig – the vaguely druidic way to heat your patio and cook a chicken 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z It may lose something without flying broomsticks; never mind that it's a fictional sport, created by J.K. An A-list guide to C2E2, which opens Friday 2011-03-16T00:39:04Z To which Lamade responded by grabbing the broomstick and telling Roberts, “Here, you can use this” and “I’m gonna shove this up you.” Horrors at Duke University: Sex, privilege, athletics and race 2014-04-08T23:00:00Z Funnily enough, never having come across a Hobbit, kids flying on broomsticks, or squids big enough to sink ships I'd noticed the same "tell-tale" signs myself. Beowulf, Shakespeare and the plausibility of fiction 2012-07-25T17:04:25Z "There's a lot of it going on, brooming – you see it in the books, you turn a page and think 'that novelist has been on a broomstick for quite some time now.'" A life in books: Colm T?ib?n 2010-10-25T07:00:00Z And a game that aliens play inside their city, called Sphere Chase, seems close kin to Quidditch from the “Harry Potter” books, albeit minus the broomsticks. An Early Dystopian Trilogy About Resistance—and What Comes After 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z And in case any Harry Potter diehards are wondering, yes, all the players also must maneuver around on broomsticks during gameplay. 'Harry Potter' sport stages World Cup in Florida 2013-04-12T22:31:04Z It’s a bronze cast of my body riding a broomstick that I burned and stripped three times and just couldn’t get it right. Making Intergalactic and Intergenerational Art 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Box office watchers say it’s unclear at this point who this extravaganza, based in part on the famous broomstick sequence from “Fantasia,” is for. ?Iron Man 2? Kicks Off Hollywood?s Summer Season 2010-05-09T21:54:00Z It consists of a broomstick handle melded to a bona fide cigar box across which run three strings: one bass string for the low-end notes, and two guitar strings for rhythm accompaniment and soloing. Cigar box guitar on a smoking hot roll 2011-04-02T01:32:41Z The babushka-wearing elderly women sweeping the vast square early every morning used bunches of twigs tied to short broomsticks. Why early-morning walks are the best way for travelers to explore new places 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift, when challenged, could produce a brilliant essay about a broomstick; Lawrence outdoes him in his tour-de-force “Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine.” Review | We blog, we tweet, we post to Facebook: Let’s instead savor the art of the essay 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z He stakes out Pendle Hill, a landscape of moors and mists, mossy baptismal pools and forests, ready to accost beldames on their broomsticks. The Daylight Gate by Jeanette Winterson – review 2012-08-16T07:00:01Z But “Corduroy’s Best Halloween Ever”? Ugh — gag me with a broomstick. Reading to your kids on Halloween is sweeter than candy corn 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z “It is that broomstick pounding on that basement ceiling, demanding: ‘What about me? The Dead Get a Do-Over 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Warner Bros, though not quite swooping in on a broomstick, may have the last cackle. Warner Bros v Disney: the fight for Oz's yellow brick road 2013-03-15T19:08:33Z It’s true that neither the Philharmonic players nor their conductor, Alan Gilbert, were riding on broomsticks. Music Review: New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-04-18T21:42:45Z It was so cold that crews knocked icicles off the launch tower with broomsticks, Cook writes, and the launchpad toilet froze. Review | ‘The Burning Blue’ is a compact, suspenseful chronicle of the Challenger disaster 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z “He made me sound like a mad queen flying over Hollywood Boulevard on a broomstick directing all the queens in town,” he said. Scotty Bowers and His Sexual Tell-All of Old Hollywood 2012-01-27T22:08:45Z Then Lamade grabbed a broomstick, showed it to Roberts and said, “Would this do?” Horrors at Duke University: Sex, privilege, athletics and race 2014-04-08T23:00:00Z Don tried to spear it with a broomstick, but the rodent clambered up the handle, over Don’s shoulder to the ground and across Kurt’s toes to safety — prompting endless laughter from the 5-year-old. Mom Selling Kurt Cobain’s Childhood Home in Washington 2013-09-25T11:42:49Z Winter dulls the landscape as green meadows turn beige and amber, and the ubiquitous twisted scrub oaks, leafless, appear stark and naked, hunched over like weathered old witches clutching broomstick and cane. Martha’s Vineyard, the Off-Season Version 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z The main school, housed in a three-story red brick building, is something of a living monument to the traditions of English private schools — Harry Potter without robes and broomsticks. Name etched in gold, King Charles’ school remembers him 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z "It engages players in the sport of Quidditch and other broomstick adventures," WB Games added. Harry Potter Quidditch game announced by WB 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Sometimes, it can feel like he’s being rammed with a broomstick. 'All I need is a heart': Alaska man waits, hopes for transplant in Seattle 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z “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.” No. 1 Alabama readies for NCAA Tournament “home” game 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z You can zoom around on a broomstick, learn to cast spells, explore the castle, fight giant spiders and collect a variety of hats and scarves to wear as you go. Hogwarts Legacy game comes out amid online debate 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Or, a former inmate remembers: “Someone got stabbed with a broomstick on top of my bed. There was so much blood.” Opinion | New York’s Rikers Island is a disgraceful emblem of a benighted era 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z On the bluff below, cedar trees were dancing around like “bed knobs and broomsticks,” he said. Wild winds knock out power to 300K in Western Washington 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z We come across cauldrons, broomsticks and giant tins of baked beans. Panto: The industrial estate hiding the secrets of a British tradition 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Same-sex couples staged a kiss-a-thon in the park in Bogotá where the pair had been confronted by a group of women, one of whom was wielding a broomstick. Colombians hold kiss-a-thon in support of gay couple 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Instead of flying, the players run with ersatz broomsticks positioned between their legs as they jostle, catch, defend and tackle to score points and win. Quidditch is now quadball, distancing game from J.K. Rowling, league says 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z A fictional version of the sport, played on flying broomsticks, first appeared in the famous book series. Harry Potter: Quidditch renamed to Quadball over JK Rowling link 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z 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. Broomsticks Stay, but Not the Name: Quidditch Becomes ‘Quadball’ 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The statue depicts actor Elizabeth Montgomery — as lead character Samantha Stephens in the 1960s sitcom — sitting on a broomstick in front of a crescent moon. ‘Bewitched’ statue in Salem vandalized with red paint 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Marina’s briefly happy time at the Pines with her girlfriend Alex may be the sweetest hero’s reward since Dorothy won the burned broomstick in “The Wizard of Oz.” Review: A murdered L.A. woman gets her revenge in a shocking, redemptive debut novel 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Rowling in her hugely popular Harry Potter series — which features witches and wizards flying on broomsticks trying to score goals — is rebranding. Quidditch is now quadball, distancing game from J.K. Rowling, league says 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The outlet said it was able to track down one reported assault in which a man who lives in the area swung a broomstick at a carrier, though the postal worker was not injured. Postal service suspends service on a block in Santa Monica, citing attacks 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Christian slaves could be married by a minister, but most masters conducted a simple ceremony themselves that climaxed when the couple jumped over a broomstick together. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z At a launch last week, a SpaceX official responded: “Time to let the American broomstick fly and hear the sounds of freedom.” US astronaut to ride Russian spacecraft home during tensions 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z This time around, he said early this month, U.S. astronauts could get to orbit by riding “broomsticks.” Russia’s War in Ukraine Threatens Joint Missions to Mars, Venus and the Moon 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks, I don’t know what.” Russia cuts off rocket engine supply and threatens space station partnership 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z "In a situation like this we can't supply the United States with our world's best rocket engines. Let them fly on something else, their broomsticks, I don't know what," Rogozin said on state Russian television. Russia halts deliveries of rocket engines to the U.S. 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Seriously, the Fool’s “scepter” is a broomstick from which dangle two inflated pig bladders that have been painted gold. Opinion | After two pandemic years, ‘Folly chasing Death’ takes on a new Mardi Gras meaning 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z A 9-year-old girl from Mobile, Alabama, is accused of beating her 4-year-old brother to death with a broomstick, county records show. 9-year-old Alabama girl, aunt charged in alleged beating death of 4-year-old boy 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z But Italian children are expecting another special visitor: La Befana, a kind woman who flies by broomstick, wiggles through chimneys and stuffs stockings with candy. La Befana brings holiday treats 12 days after Christmas 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z According to witnesses, the suspect attacked the bartender with a sharpened broomstick after she asked for proof of vaccination, police said. Seattle bartender attacked, reportedly after asking for vaccine proof 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Quidditch first appeared as a fictional sport, played by wizards on flying broomsticks, in her book series. Quidditch leagues set to pick new name after JK Rowling trans row 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z They include shooting games, river cruises, a magic flying broomstick world, and platforming games, among many other ideas. Meta releases social VR space Horizon Worlds 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z Owned by the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the castle now offers "broomstick training" to its younger visitors. Harry Potter 20th anniversary: The UK film locations 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z She could never catch up, so now she soars through the night sky on that broomstick, dropping off treats for nice kids — and coal for naughty ones. La Befana brings holiday treats 12 days after Christmas 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z It was a broomstick, wielded by a female colleague. A Tesla factory worker alleges sexual harassment is rampant in a rare lawsuit. Now other women are stepping forward. 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Harry Potter and his fellow wizards and witches played the game, flying on their broomsticks, at their school, Hogwarts, and elsewhere. Quidditch leagues set to pick new name after JK Rowling trans row 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Alexander went out to the front yard with a broomstick to investigate the commotion. A Black mother lost her son to police violence in 2008. People are finally saying his name 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z It looks like Abner Louima, who had a broomstick pushed up his rectum by police in a bathroom at the 70th Precinct station house in Brooklyn, requiring three major operations to repair the internal injuries. Don't be fooled by Joe Biden: None of his big proposals will become reality — and he knows it 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Yet its “mascots” are a gargoyle with the body and glare of a dragon and a witch on her broomstick weathervane. Witch, dragon symbols of 125-year-old Biloxi ‘Peoples Bank’ 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Brown, Buffalo’s third-round pick out of Northern Iowa, recalled how his frame filled out from being, as he put it, “a broomstick,” from his high school days. Draft over, Bills face decision on Allen, Edmunds’ contracts 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z "When British teens realised they could make it onto the radio by mastering a broomstick and a kazoo, the revolution commenced". Tributes paid to 'jazz giant' Chris Barber 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The 10-year veteran told Alexander to drop the broomstick, then shot him twice when he didn’t, killing him. A Black mother lost her son to police violence in 2008. People are finally saying his name 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z But it did at least encourage me to improve my “broomstick” grip technique. 8BitDo’s Arcade Stick is a sleek and stylish Switch controller 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z As a child, Mr. Aaron sharpened his hitting by swinging at bottle caps with a broomstick. Hank Aaron, baseball great who became force for civil rights, dies at 86 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z As a child, Aaron sharpened his hitting by swinging at bottle caps with a broomstick. Hank Aaron, baseball great who became voice for civil rights, dies at 86 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z It’s definitely the most fun for me at the moment: the charge in with raised arm like he’s a kid riding a broomstick horse. Australia v India: first Test, day one – live! 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Because of the rib fractures, his movement was limited but he managed to close the cockpit hatch with a chunk of broomstick an engineer friend had sawed off for that purpose. Chuck Yeager, first man to break sound barrier, has died 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z As car horns blared, a man exited his vehicle with a knife and what police described as a “wooden baton” resembling a broomstick without a handle, and he headed toward the front of the blockade. One person in custody after three are stabbed at pro-Armenian rally in Fresno 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Officers used a stun gun to subdue Pacheco after he started swinging the weapon - a pocket knife attached to a broomstick - at them, police said. Shirtless man with homemade spear cuts teen in Times Square 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Norris said the assailant asked the victim “for a dollar for the bus” before striking him with the broomstick and taking his money. Police: Maryland man hit with broomstick, robbed nearly $5 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z From mid-May, he hopes to be able to put away his broomstick as Austria, along with Denmark, the Czech Republic, Norway and the Faroe Islands, prepare to ease some of the lockdown restrictions. Relief and anxiety as European nations get set to ease lockdowns 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z “I’d rather be laughing later than find myself in a conflict with nothing but a broomstick.” Hungarians stand in line for guns for fear of disorder as coronavirus spreads 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Students said they were forced to kneel on broomsticks, slapped and punched, restrained with belts and straightjackets, forced to eat until vomiting and confined in a clothes hamper and closets as punishment, the school said. Probe finds sexual, physical abuse at school for the deaf 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Ibrahim al-Krshiny, already injured in the eye from the attack on the house, was stripped and then beaten about the head with pipes, cables and a broomstick, according to the lawsuit. Ex-C.I.A. Asset, Now a Libyan Strongman, Faces Torture Accusations 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z That lack of supervision was inexcusable, the litigation asserts, in part because at least one coach had been told of an alleged broomstick assault a year earlier but brushed off parents’ concerns as “just rumors.” Locker room sex assault victims’ parents sue Md. school system, asserting officials ignored ‘brooming’ ritual to protect football program 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Warren police investigated allegations that De La Salle players were hazed by other players with broomsticks. No charges in Michigan Catholic school hazing investigation 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Cole bombing case, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, that involved a “stress position”: Guards put a broomstick behind the captive’s knees and bent his torso backward, “pushing his shoulder blades to the floor.” He Waterboarded a Detainee. Then He Had to Get the C.I.A. to Let Him Stop. 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z She, too, participated in the beatings, she said, using a belt or a broomstick to hit Zymere so it would not hurt her hand. Trial of 6-Year-Old’s Killer Exposes Lapses in City’s Child Welfare System 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Perkins testified that Smith cursed at her son and poked him in the stomach with a broomstick. Woman’s ex-boyfriend convicted in death of Zymere Perkins 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z During a criminal investigation of the 2018 attacks, detectives at the Montgomery County Police Department asked two coaches and two school administrators if they had ever heard of previous broomstick assaults. Locker room sex assault victims’ parents sue Md. school system, asserting officials ignored ‘brooming’ ritual to protect football program 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z “It was about the size of a broomstick.” Monsey Stabbing: 5 Wounded at Rabbi’s Home in N.Y. Suburb 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Each victim was strangled with an extension cord — with some having also been beaten and stabbed with a broken broomstick — inside a cell in the mental health ward while the guards were away. South Carolina inmates who sought death penalty in prisoner killings add to life sentences instead 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z The next day — Sept. 26, 2016 — Ms. Perkins came into the living room and found Mr. Smith holding Zymere up in the air “like a rag doll” and beating him with a broomstick, she testified. Trial of 6-Year-Old’s Killer Exposes Lapses in City’s Child Welfare System 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Lindy West, author of “Shrill: Notes From a Loud Woman,” which was turned into a Hulu series earlier this year, is just one of the feminists proud to hop on her broomstick. This week's book talks bring Julie Andrews, Ben Lerner and Lindy West to L.A. 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z It is not clear from the litigation if the alleged assailants tried to assault victims with a broomstick after pulling down their pants, or if they attempted to assault victims through their pants. Locker room sex assault victims’ parents sue Md. school system, asserting officials ignored ‘brooming’ ritual to protect football program 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Two rather dangerous methods of transportation: a broomstick and a flying monkey. Modes of transportation in The Wizard of Oz, ranked 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z To build a bird’s endurance, Hiram Figueroa chased it with a broomstick with plastic strips attached to one end, resembling a large duster. The Last Days of Legal Cockfighting in Puerto Rico 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z In that case, at least four freshman players pleaded guilty to assaulting a developmentally disabled team manager with a broomstick. ‘Disturbing’ allegations about Bothell High football players, but no criminal charges 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Torres had honed his craft as a kid playing chapitas, a game that involved hitting darting bottle caps with a broomstick in the twilight in Caracas. Astros Play the Long Game, and So Far It’s Working 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z When school officials did learn about the broomstick assaults, they played down what happened, delayed calling police and delayed telling the victims’ parents what had happened, according to the legal claims. Locker room sex assault victims’ parents sue Md. school system, asserting officials ignored ‘brooming’ ritual to protect football program 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Armed with broomsticks and a pole or pipe, they attacked the driver and his parents when tried to intervene, police said. 2 arrested after road-rage attack on family in Sodo; 1 victim suffered head injury 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Toy witches swing on tiny broomsticks from the ceiling of his sitting room, a family of ceramic cats peers down inquiringly from the higher shelves and a couple of skulls sit grinning on the sideboard. 'I stole a plane to get out of the Navy' 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z At one point, one student hits a duck with a broomstick. Video of duck hit by broomstick results in suspensions 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Another had his pants and underwear pulled down and was poked with the broomstick. Outside investigation of Damascus High sexual assault case takes longer than expected 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z A block away is the baseball field where Edgar first honed his artistry, swinging at bottle caps or tape-wrapped foam balls with a broomstick. On his path to the Hall of Fame, Edgar Martinez never forgot his humble hometown in Puerto Rico 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z But Quick grabbed a broomstick and ran to strike Beierle again. He always hated women. Then he decided to kill them. 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Feeney said players could hear a broomstick being banged against a wall. Teen pleads to second-degree rape in Damascus High School locker room assaults, according to people familiar with case 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z I would get a broomstick and just hit rocks. How a four-error game helped the Mariners’ Edgar Martinez become a Hall of Famer 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z A group of junior-varsity football players was charged with using a broomstick to attack four teammates before practice inside a locker room. Outside investigation of Damascus High sexual assault case takes longer than expected 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Yet, in the same issue, in flies Style’s art critic Sebastian Smee on a broomstick to play down the happy event. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Ageism, Bauhaus’s beauty and a virtuoso headline performance 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z As Gryffindor team captain Oliver Wood explains the game in the first book of the series, Harry Potter says, “So — that’s sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn’t it?” Crab cakes and quidditch: That’s what Maryland does 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Among the disturbing details shared in the group text was the allegation that teammates had forcibly yanked the teen’s pants down and assaulted him with a broomstick. Opinion | Damascus school officials must prove they care more about sexual assault than football 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z “Three or four boys had held him down before practice” and tried to insert a broomstick, the father said, according to what Colbert told detectives. A football locker room, a broomstick and a sex assault case roil a school 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The two others also were attacked with the broomstick, police said. Outside investigation of Damascus High sexual assault case takes longer than expected 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z In another instance, the deputy is seen wielding a broomstick on the woman’s patio after using it to tap on her door. Videos show L.A. Deputy Caren Carl Mandoyan trying to break into woman’s home, leading to his firing 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z He is holding a broomstick he uses to tap on the glass. Fired L.A. deputy acted irrationally and discredited Sheriff's Department, says panel that rehired him 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z In a ruling Friday, Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Steven G. Salant said Will Daniel Smith, 15, thought that attacking and poking teammates with a broomstick was an acceptable act within the JV program. Md. judge grants request by teen suspect in broomstick rape case to move case to juvenile court 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z They pointed out to her that by then she had learned a player had been poked with a broomstick in a school locker room after teammates forcibly dropped his pants. A football locker room, a broomstick and a sex assault case roil a school 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z One of the victims had the broomstick pushed into him several times through his underwear, according to prosecutors. Outside investigation of Damascus High sexual assault case takes longer than expected 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Amy Adams could chase a bear out of her backyard using just a broomstick. Amy Adams' strong voice — in song, at home and in 'Vice' 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z “I would pretend to play guitar with a broomstick and he would sing. He was a good kid. He was priceless.” Hamilton in Puerto Rico: a joyful homecoming ... but it's complicated 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z They told investigators the pair had arrived at the home unannounced, barged through the door into a garage where several people were sleeping, and started attacking them with a broomstick and a piece of rebar. Family fights ‘Make My Day’ focus in Grand Junction shooting 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z Investigators say they are accused of stripping the victim in a shower area of Arthur P. Schalick High School in Elmer, restraining the victim and threatening to assault the victim with a broomstick. 4 high school students arrested over wrestling team hazing 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Investigators say several juveniles are accused of stripping the victim in a shower area of Arthur P. Schalick High School in Elmer, restraining the victim and threatening to assault the victim with a broomstick. 4 high school students arrested over wrestling team hazing 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Montgomery school officials say they have not been told of any history or established ritual with broomsticks in the school’s football program. Hazing incident reported at another Maryland high school, officials say 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z The assailants allegedly turned out the lights and assaulted the teenagers one by one with a broomstick. Opinion | Montgomery County should seriously address allegations of rape at Damascus High School 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z They held him facedown over a bench and assaulted him with a broomstick for about 10 seconds, according to the incident report. ‘Stop, stop, stop’: Police report describes alleged sex assaults in JV football locker room 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z While Midler found broomstick riding a little tough, Parker couldn't have been more up for the challenge. Sarah Jessica Parker details working with Bette Midler in 'Hocus Pocus' 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The entire game is played while flying on broomsticks. J.K. Rowling explains why the Quidditch scoring system makes ‘total sense’ - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z The Damascus players were allegedly assaulted with a broomstick after the lights were turned off. Hazing incident reported at another Maryland high school, officials say 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Lying on an examining table, eyes huge in her gaunt face, Florence looked impossibly fragile, her arms thin as broomsticks, her shoulders jutting up like a skeleton’s. Where a Sore Throat Becomes a Death Sentence 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z As he was fending off the broomstick, this boy told detectives, “someone yelled ‘Coach is coming!’ and everyone ran away.” ‘Stop, stop, stop’: Police report describes alleged sex assaults in JV football locker room 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Special effects helped to bring their broomstick -- and vacuum -- rides to life, but it was old age makeup that helped the actresses slip into character. Sarah Jessica Parker details working with Bette Midler in 'Hocus Pocus' 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Others carried broomsticks, to “sweep clean” corrupt officials. Protesters in Basra storm Iranian consulate as deadly... 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z The first Wiffle bats, incidentally, were made of wood—meant to suggest broomsticks. The Men Who Have Taken Wiffle Ball to a Crazy, Competitive Place 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Carol Branche, a real estate broker, propped broomsticks against the shop window as reminders of the attack. A Nail Salon Brawl Opened a Racial Rift Online. In Brooklyn, the Mood Is Calmer. 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z They said Tuesday that they have not been told of any history or established ritual with a broomstick in the school’s football program. ‘Stop, stop, stop’: Police report describes alleged sex assaults in JV football locker room 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z A version of the flying broomstick game Quidditch, however, has found its way off the page and screen. Not Kids’ games! Dodgeball, Quidditch, mini golf go pro 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Three years ago, German soldiers used broomsticks for lack of machine guns in a military exercise. A rare case: On NATO, Trump is right 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z Todashev was fatally shot by an FBI agent in Orlando, Florida, after allegedly charging at the agent with a metal broomstick. Tsarnaev lawyers seek interviews with brother’s associate 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z In recent years, its helicopters wouldn’t fly, its submarines couldn’t sail, and its soldiers have wielded broomsticks in training exercises for lack of guns. Merkel and Trump agree the ailing German military needs a boost. Why isn’t it happening? 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z In the poem, a wizard’s young apprentice is left alone by his master and enchants a broomstick. Zuckerberg needs a wizard to clean up Facebook’s mess 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z She and neighborhood chums would pitch a two- or three-inch length of garden hose and try to hit it with a broomstick. EXCHANGE: Millstadt woman played in girls baseball league 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z She didn’t fly on a broomstick naked in the dark, or consort with demons. From Circe to Clinton: why powerful women are cast as witches 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z Steve Williams, off now driving a race car somewhere in New Zealand, was toting his golf bag, and it was still legal to use a broomstick putter anchored to the body. What's happened to Adam Scott and why isn't he a star on the PGA Tour any more? - Golf Digest 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z When a 15-year-old girl in Texas refused to enter into a forced marriage, her family threw hot oil on her and beat her with broomsticks. Analysis | The Daily 202: How the marches for gun control are like the protests against Vietnam 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Then, Williams threw a cup of bleach on the woman and beat her with a broomstick, leaving cuts on her face, the affidavit said. South L.A. woman known as 'Pretty Hoe' indicted on charges of sex trafficking of girls 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Levine threw a combat boot at Trump and hit him with a broomstick. Mueller and Trump: Born to wealth, raised to lead. Then, sharply different choices. 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Experts may talk of curling stones, the skip, the house and the brushes - but ask any non-aficionado and they'll describe it as bowls on ice with added broomstick action. Eight reasons you'll end up watching the Winter Olympics 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z What about the even younger children in the 1990s who made up stories about being forced to drink blood by preschool teachers who rode on broomsticks? Opinion | Woody Allen Meets #MeToo 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z Asked how he hit so well on pitches far from the strike zone, Guerrero said he learned the skill as a boy in the Dominican Republic, using a broomstick against a rubber ball. Chipper Jones and Jim Thome Lead Large Class Into Baseball Hall of Fame 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Adam Scott with a long putter: The Aussie switched back to the broomstick and missed the cut in the Australian PGA, a tournament where he’d previously flourished. Tiger Woods’ “Bright future,” Rickie Fowler’s successful Bahamas trip, and the Tiger T-shirt every fan needs for Christmas - Golf Digest 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z He used a broomstick putter when he won the Masters in 2013, but switched to a short putter after a ban on anchoring the putter against the body began in 2016. Marc Leishman shares 2nd-round lead at Australian Masters 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Those magical flowers come into play, as does a long-dormant broomstick that suddenly sends Mary soaring into the heavens and deposits her on a landscape somewhere in the clouds. 'Mary and the Witch's Flower,' from Japan's Studio Ponoc, opens a world of visual enchantment 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z He switched to a short putter from the broomstick one after a ban began in 2016 on anchoring the putter against the body. Adam Scott to play Australian PGA with long putter 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z October is here, which means the "seasonal" aisle has gone from bikinis to broomsticks. The 48 most popular Halloween costumes of 2017 (that you probably can't pull off) - Golf Digest 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z It is the country’s version of stickball, and it is played with a broomstick for a bat and the cap of a large water jug for the ball. Dominican Players Sharpen Their Skills with a Broomstick and Bottle Cap 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Police shot a teenager wielding a metal broomstick handle last year, and there were three unrelated killings in July and early August, one involving an unprovoked attack on a homeless man with a paving stone. Mystery in Salt Lake City: where have hundreds of homeless people gone? 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Since then, the broomstick putters have virtually disappeared from the regular PGA Tour, but they remain in use among a handful of players on the senior circuit, the PGA Tour Champions. Continued Use of Long Putter Raises Concerns on the Senior Tour 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Many wielded clubs – axe handles, batons, and broomsticks. Charlottesville reveals an emboldened far right that can no longer be ignored 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z And when his grandfather was involved in one of his frequent backyard construction projects, Edgar would take a broomstick and hit rocks all over the yard. Edgar Martinez’s improbable path to becoming a Mariners icon 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z “Maybe they found one or two broomsticks, but at the end of the day we were acquitted of the most important charges in this case.” Martin Shkreli is found guilty of three of eight securities fraud charges 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z He joked that maybe prosecutors “found one or two broomsticks.” The Latest: Shkreli feels ‘exonerated’ despite conviction 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z One juvenile inmate said he was assaulted with a broomstick and someone forged his signature on a document saying he didn’t want to press charges against his attackers, according to court papers. Lawsuit says S. Carolina prisons ignore inmate rape reports 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z Mr Chester said: "She'd do away with the cooker and replace it with broomsticks and storage for her Potter obsession." Harry Potter fan from Cardiff spends £100K on memorabilia - BBC News 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z We then tied flags to broomsticks and pounded them into the center of our greens. U.S. Open: Previewing Erin Hills - Golf Digest 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z “He punched a hole in the ceiling with a broomstick and climbed up into the attic,” Harding recalled. 40 years after flood, former Robindale residents reunite 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z He began vaulting with a broomstick in the living room, using an ottoman as a landing pit. At 17, ‘the Tiger Woods of Pole Vaulting’ Soars Ahead of His Time 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Two out of the four inmates were also beaten or stabbed with a broken broomstick. Two inmates charged with killing four others at South Carolina prison 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z An arrest warrant said Mr. Ham had also been stabbed with a broomstick that had been sharpened into a weapon. South Carolina Inmates Charged in Killings of 4 Other Prisoners 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z "It's amazing what Harry Potter fans are like, they will fly anywhere - broomsticks or otherwise - to get to a Harry Potter festival." Harry Potter festival plans 'blown out the water' - BBC News 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z There were necklaces strung with popcorn and garlic cloves; wagon spokes adorned with bones; and one Buso carrying a modified IV tied to a broomstick delivering schnapps through a tube to his mouth. A Magical Festival to Scare Off Winter 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z Instead of flying through the air on magical broomsticks, these competitors run around the pitch holding on tightly to their poles. With poles between their legs, players compete in British Quidditch Cup 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The broomsticks were just part of Brown’s approach: fight to ensure his players understood the immenseness of the opportunity in front of them. NCAA basketball's impossible job: how does a 16 seed beat a No1? 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z The wormer is a double screw, something like a pair of intertwined corkscrews, fixed to a handle about the length of a broomstick. Some historical re-enactors ready for Texas Independence Day 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z A man was charged with a hate crime in October after an immigrant was beaten with a broomstick. An Anti-Black Slur on an Interracial Couple’s Garage Stirs Tension in Stamford 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z They play Quidditch - a magical sport played on flying broomsticks in the book and film series. Muggle 'Quidditch': Students swap books for broomsticks - BBC News 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z When he was just 3, he used half of a broomstick to hit kernels of corn tossed by his father in the backyard. A Top Mets Prospect Let Baseball Wait Until School Was Done 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z "If not, then what the MoD are saying is that we could send our boys and girls out with broomsticks. It wouldn't matter. There's no comeback." Killed soldier's father criticises compensation proposals - BBC News 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Police say the suspect and the victim’s sister were involved in a physical altercation when the victim grabbed a broomstick and began striking the 21-year-old suspect. Woman in St. Louis shot after hitting man with broomstick 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z It was late October, and the truck stop was lavishly bedecked with the ghoulish paraphernalia of the season — plastic jack-o’-lanterns, cotton spider webs, wall-mounted witches on broomsticks and other festive gewgaws. 600 Miles in a Coffin-Shaped Bus, Campaigning Against Death Itself 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Aside from the obvious lack of flying, it remains quite true to the fictitious game - players even run with broomsticks between their legs. Muggle 'Quidditch': Students swap books for broomsticks - BBC News 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Prosecutors say Mohamed was shot after he attacked another man with a metal broomstick following a botched drug deal near the city’s homeless shelter in February 2016. Video of high-profile police shooting played in court 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z She says her daughter was teased at school, with classmates calling her "little broomstick". Regina Ip: The 'Iron Lady' who wants to lead Hong Kong - BBC News 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z He had made his name as a federal prosecutor in the case of Mr. Louima, a Haitian immigrant tortured with a broomstick while in custody at a Brooklyn police station in 1997. Facing Death, Brooklyn District Attorney Spoke of Doing What ‘Is Right’ 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z They include tales of ghostly horsemen and witches on broomsticks. Haunted rock legends live on in technology, religion 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Their sturdy he-goats and their broomsticks are parked with the valet. Nasty women have much work to do 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The footage shows the officers spotting Mohamed and the alleged beating victim from across the street and yelling multiple times to drop the broomstick. Video of high-profile police shooting played in court 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z An Associated Press report said “Miss Jackson writes not with a pen, but with a broomstick,” a line that was repeated in her New York Times obituary. The haunted, humorous life and work of writer Shirley Jackson 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z Bruins fans waved dismembered sheep stuffed animals on broomsticks during the game. Lamont Atkins powers Lake Braddock’s ground game in a big win over Robinson 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z There were also rumors that witches would leave their husbands in the middle of the night and fly on broomsticks to the rock. Haunted rock legends live on in technology, religion 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z A strike at this point would be a broomstick in bicycle spokes. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Calhoun’s name was in the headlines again following the arrest of a black dining services worker, Corey Menafee, who in June used a broomstick to smash a stained-glass window depicting slaves. Yale to revisit name of college honoring slavery supporter 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Rowling's Harry Potter novels is played in real life by competitors with sticks between their legs representing broomsticks. A champion is named at the Quidditch World Cup 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z An old-fashioned American flag was stapled to a broomstick. In honor of American independence, a good-natured poke at the British 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Bruises marked her chest, face and swollen neck, probably the result of an assault with the broomstick lying next to her body. In death, an artist and a young woman meet 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The sweet spot on a broomstick is fractional. Getting streetwise to the challenges of stickball 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Adam Scott, who won the Masters that April with a broomstick putter, said the ban was a big mistake, based on “zero evidence” that the stroke somehow hurt the game. Anchors Aweigh: How a Ban Made Golf Pros Evolve 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z He doesn't use a wand or broomstick or anything like that, but he does use mystical artifacts that help him fight extra-dimensional evil. A quick and dirty guide for understanding Doctor Strange 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z The Lincolns drilled with broomsticks and canes in lieu of rifles, which were scarce, and were harangued by André Marty, the chief organizer of the international forces, about the danger of Trotskyists in their midst. The American Soldiers of the Spanish Civil War 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z He will use a short putter at Augusta for the first time since 2010, after working with a broomstick for the past five years. Old man Scott feels clock ticking as he chases more majors 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z One Thursday in October, a freshman player was held down and assaulted with a broomstick, as seniors poked him between the legs with it, eventually penetrating him while teammates looked on. High School Hazing: Where Are the Adults? 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z He stuck with a tall broomstick putter, and the upright posture he’d grown used to, but made the stroke legal by moving the handle slightly away from his chest. Anchors Aweigh: How a Ban Made Golf Pros Evolve 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z He only remembers meeting his friends, traveling to a homeless shelter in downtown Salt Lake City and breaking a broomstick in half. The 17-year-old Somali refugee who was critically wounded in a high-profile police shooting in Salt Lake City is awake and talking 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z The mayor of Salt Lake City says the police shooting of a male wielding a broomstick is a tragedy. The Latest: Police review video of Salt Lake teen shooting 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Mohammad said his friend was holding the broomstick at his side when officers arrived, and that police shot him as soon as he turned around. Utah police battle angry crowd after officer shoots male wielding broomstick 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Mohammad told the Tribune that the victim and a man were in a confrontation, and the victim was holding part of a broomstick at his side when officers arrived. Unrest broke out in a Salt Lake City neighborhood after what appeared to be a shooting involving a police officer 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z “He threw the stick on my bed, and I looked at it, thinking it was a jacked-up broomstick or something. I didn’t know what it was.” How a grieving mom achieved her son’s dream: A black college lacrosse team 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z They were also taught the game of rounders - they thought of it as baseball played with a broomstick. How the British and Americans started listening in - BBC News 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Detective Ken Hansen says two Salt Lake City officers were breaking up a fight when a male involved tried to attack the officers with a broomstick. The Latest: Police review video of Salt Lake teen shooting 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Officers tried to break up the fight, but the male with the broomstick tried to attack an officer, according to the detective. Utah police battle angry crowd after officer shoots male wielding broomstick 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z A photo of a laughing Groome sitting in a trash can and holding a hockey stick was captioned: "It's better than a broomstick!" Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks Exclusive New England Prep School 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z One Harry Potter fan got an incredible gift from her boyfriend over the holidays: a handmade replica of Harry’s Nimbus 2000 broomstick. Magical Boyfriend Made His Girlfriend Harry Potter's Nimbus 2000 for Christmas 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z As in, do the broomsticks stuck between every athlete’s legs really fly? Quidditch Tournament turns magical game into serious sport 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Salt Lake City police say several people were arrested for throwing rocks and bottles at police after officers shot a male wielding a broomstick Saturday night. The Latest: Police review video of Salt Lake teen shooting 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z When the officers arrived, they found the male in the street, hitting another person with the broomstick, Hansen said. Utah police battle angry crowd after officer shoots male wielding broomstick 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z He says he was once beaten with a broomstick for mimicking an orderly. Former Romanian orphan in the U.S. helps other 'unsalvageables' in his homeland 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z As Senior marched to his third Masters title, draining a number of long birdies with a broomstick putter, Scott labored for the most part on the greens with the short putter. Scott rues the gold jacket that got away 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z This is a rough-and-tumble sport, one that mandates use of mouth guards and banned wooden broomsticks after they began to shatter in play. Quidditch Tournament turns magical game into serious sport 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Unified Police Detective Ken Hansen says the officers were called to break up a fight and found a male hitting someone with a broomstick. The Latest: Police review video of Salt Lake teen shooting 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Perhaps curling should take a look at updating its equipment as well, after all the sport already uses high-quality ice water and carbon fiber "broomsticks". Use of High-Tech Brooms Divides Low-Tech Sport of Curling 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Prosecutor Matt Lowery said the charge followed an investigation by school authorities and a school resource officer after a complaint about a broomstick assault. Virginia high school focus of football hazing investigation 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Last month, Scott gave up the broomstick which he won with at Augusta in readiness for the ban on anchoring in 2016. Scott rues the gold jacket that got away 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The Selfie Stick: Tape a broomstick or a Swiffer to your body. Last-Minute Halloween Costumes 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Unified Police Detective Ken Hansen says two Salt Lake City officers were called to break up a fight and found a male hitting someone with a broomstick. The Latest: Police review video of Salt Lake teen shooting 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Something strange will appear in the skies this Halloween, and it’s not a witch on a broomstick. NASA Says 'Great Pumpkin' Asteroid Will Fly By on Halloween 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Also, there are no easy magic fixes nor are there wizards with long beards and tall hats who conjure walking broomsticks or unicorns to ride into battle. 6 excuses you no longer have to avoid 'Game of Thrones' 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z He saw a fire in the distance and, using a broomstick, paddled closer and heard shouting. A Katrina hero: He hopped into a boat and became a one-man rescue sqad 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Volpe was later sentenced to 30 years in prison for forcing the end of a broomstick into the rectum of the Mr. Louima. Family Renews Calls for Civil Rights Charges a Year After Garner’s Death 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Two Salt Lake City police officers are on administrative leave after one or both shot a male wielding a broomstick in the city’s downtown. The Latest: Police review video of Salt Lake teen shooting 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z Witches were said to put it in potions which sent them flying around the world on their broomsticks. The plant that can kill and cure - BBC News 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z In an attempt to make life more convenient, he bewitches a broomstick to mop the floor. Is click and collect too hot for retailers to handle? - BBC News 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The pretzel men walked in the road with their sawed-off broomsticks, ringed with pretzels, borne proudly, next to the automobiles. Peppy and the Pretzel Man 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z They point the direction toward Harry Potter broomsticks and a snitch flying above the children’s section. ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ author opens Massachusetts bookstore 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z A diagnosed schizophrenic who stood 5-foot-4 and weighed barely 120 pounds, Hall was wearing boxer shorts and an undershirt and waving a broomstick when police arrived. Fatal police shootings in 2015 approaching 400 nationwide 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Several victims interviewed recently sat on the ground to demonstrate the roast chicken, with one calling on his daughter to bring a scarf and broomstick. Torture Claims in Tunisia Await Truth Commission 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z When that gets out of control, he tries to stop the whole process by splitting the broomstick in two - but that just creates two brooms, and doubles the problem. Is click and collect too hot for retailers to handle? - BBC News 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the Australian Associated Press reported Scott is going back to his broomstick putter for the Masters. Adam Scott's short-putter experiment lasted all of three tournaments: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Quidditch players do not fly as they do in Harry Potter, but they do run around with broomsticks between their legs. Quidditch comes to 'Batman's garden' 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z He kept the modified claw grip he used with the broomstick. Back to a Short Putter, Adam Scott Is Happy With the Results 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z German media reported yesterday that soldiers painted broomsticks black to simulate gun barrels on Boxer armoured vehicles during an excercise in September. Germany ‘Can’t Explain’ Use of Broomsticks Instead of Guns in NATO Exercise 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z In the motion to dismiss filed last month, Solo’s attorney, Todd Maybrown, said the nephew attacked Solo with a broomstick. Judge Dismisses Domestic Violence Charges Against Hope Solo 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Several Korean-American groups on Tuesday called for the boycott of a McDonald’s restaurant in Queens where a Korean patron was struck this year by an employee wielding a broomstick. Korean-Americans Seek Boycott After an Attack in a McDonald’s in Queens 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z His bosses called and suggested that he cut the thick cable with an acetylene torch tied to a broomstick. The Wreck of the Kulluk 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z The video ends when the two women fly off into the night on broomsticks. Putin critic Alexei Navalny found guilty of fraud; brother is jailed 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Loud, ugly, crude, and — honestly — effective, these alarms face death by broomstick more often than by expired batteries. 7 Ways to Get a Smarter Home for Under $200 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z But it was the case of Louima, tortured with a broken broomstick on a bathroom floor, that elevated her profile as a trial attorney. AG pick Lynch called strong civil rights defender 2014-11-08T05:00:00Z Suddenly, a broomstick, wielded by an unseen assailant beyond the cameras’ frames, strikes Mr. Kim. Korean-Americans Seek Boycott After an Attack in a McDonald’s in Queens 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z Like a long broomstick, the tube served to hold the parachute away from Mr. Eustace’s body. For World Record, Alan Eustace Fought Atmosphere and Equipment 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The battleground is not an actual pingpong table but a 9-by-5-foot sheet of plywood placed atop two large trash bins, with a broomstick, pipe or towel serving as a net. America’s Best and Drunkest The findings highlighted more than a dozen brutality cases, including guards beating young prisoners with radios, batons and broomsticks, slamming them into walls, and often using aggression in isolated corners away from surveillance cameras. Inquiry cites 'culture of violence' against teen inmates at Rikers Island 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z I also believe no one should ever spit in another person’s face or stick a broomstick into the spokes of a moving bicycle, no matter how frustrated he or she is. The good, bad and ugly of biking in D.C. They’re lucky that someone hasn’t put a broomstick through the spokes of their wheels. Bicyclist bullies try to rule the road in D.C. A building worker and neighbor confronted Mr. Reyes and held him at bay with a broomstick until the police arrived. In Botched Case of Park Jogger, an Altered Life 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z When Philadelphia first base coach Juan Samuel was in the big leagues, he and Tony Fernandez used to pitch kernels of corn to each other and hit the seeds with a broomstick. Hitters try just about anything to improve vision 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z But if they wanted to clean the system with a proverbial broomstick, they should keep her in mind, she said. India Ink: Former Executive Sells Aam Aadmi Party as Pro-Business 2014-04-23T12:36:46Z And thanks to a broomstick and black beans, he didn’t miss any pitches in his return. Robinson Cano puts home remedy to good use in going 3 for 3 2014-03-11T02:56:37Z Children with broomsticks tried to ward him off as he raced through the schoolyard. Bomb Kills 2 Outside School in China 2013-09-09T10:56:34Z Nadezhda Popova, WW II ‘Night Witch,’ Dies at 91 The Nazis called them “Night Witches” because the whooshing noise their plywood and canvas airplanes made reminded the Germans of the sound of a witch’s broomstick. Nadezhda Popova, WW II ‘Night Witch,’ Dies at 91 2013-07-15T01:56:22Z N. spoke of being struck on her leg years ago with a broomstick. The Girls Who Haven’t Come Home 2013-07-06T04:18:53Z The new rule does not ban belly or broomstick putters, only the practice of anchoring them against a player's body for the putting stroke. Analysis - Has the anchor ban come too late? 2013-05-23T10:32:05Z As Carroll appears at an improbable height, mane flowing, as though arriving from the skies on a broomstick, De Gea falls back … And to the left. David de Gea's collision with Andy Carroll may be a watershed moment 2013-04-19T11:07:52Z The game is based on J.K Rowling's creation, with players running around on broomsticks, trying to throw "quaffles" through ringed hoops. America holds 'Quidditch World Cup' 2013-04-16T07:24:35Z The Masters was the last of the four major championships to be claimed by users of belly or broomstick putters. Scott's Masters win gives long putters a grand slam 2013-04-15T03:31:20Z First he used that broomstick thing -- anchored at his sternum and soon to be illegal -- to roll in a 20-footer at the 72nd hole. Masterpiece Theater At Augusta National 2013-04-14T04:00:00Z Jeffers, 31, was found by police wielding a broomstick when they responded to a 999 call on December 21 last year, Sefton Magistrates' Court heard. Francis Jeffers bound over to keep peace for wielding broomstick 2013-03-04T14:38:00Z Moore crashed a minute into a routine in which he treated his 450-pound snowmobile like a broomstick, spinning around it in midair as he flew from ramp from ramp. Caleb Moore's snowmobile death has X Games safety under scrutiny 2013-01-31T20:08:00Z Mashing the Take Off button causes it to leap up to waist height and hover there, stock still, in the manner of Harry Potter's broomstick. Open Sky: After Transforming War, Drone Use Takes Off on the Home Front 2013-01-31T13:05:24Z He recalled learning to hit “with a broomstick and a ball of tape.” Stan Musial, epitome of good hitting and good sportsmanship, dies at 92 2013-01-20T01:52:43Z Perhaps most shocking is what the video of the attack 10 days ago shows about the school’s first line of defense: several children waving broomsticks try to block the man’s progress. Details of Stabbings Revive Chinese School Security Questions 2012-12-24T00:42:14Z Francis Jeffers was arrested after being found by police wielding a broomstick. Francis Jeffers bound over to keep peace for wielding broomstick 2013-03-04T14:38:00Z And lastly, it is most unsightly when a pro golfer wins millions of dollars on television by sweeping what looks like a broomstick across the green. On Par: Proposed Rule Riles Recreational Players 2012-11-29T03:02:34Z It's definitely possible to use a broomstick putter without anchoring it, and I speak from experience. The Long And Short Of It 2012-11-28T05:00:00Z Back in 1989, spurred by a division of opinion over Miller, broomstick and belly putters were declared legal by the Royal and Ancient and the US PGA. With belly putters winning majors, it's time for them to go belly up 2012-11-19T16:04:24Z Only three players before 2001 had won PGA Tour events using a long putter; that is a generic description covering belly putters and the longer broomstick models. Notable Wins With Long Putters Fuel Debate on Possible Ban 2012-11-17T18:57:22Z But with more players without overt putting problems choosing to switch to the broomstick or belly, there's a threat that in 50 years everyone will be using them. With The Game At A Crossroads, The USGA Is Set To Take Action 2012-09-04T04:00:00Z “It’s probably better when the broomsticks actually fly.” Quidditch players want sport in Olympics 2012-07-12T20:51:33Z And despite carrying broomsticks you play it on the ground not in the air! Could quidditch ever be an Olympic sport? 2012-07-10T17:23:00Z “We would steal broomsticks from the super,” he said. They’re Still Swinging for the Rooftops in East Harlem 2012-07-09T01:26:24Z The rules are adapted from accounts of the sport in the books, with seven-person teams using broomsticks. Quidditch event marks torch relay 2012-07-08T12:16:12Z The F.B.I. was investigating what caused as many as 300 inmates to riot with broomsticks and other makeshift weapons at the prison, the Adams County Correctional Center, in Natchez. Mississippi Prison on Lockdown After Guard Dies 2012-05-23T01:42:49Z The main advantages of belly putters and the longer broomstick putter is that the club is anchored against the body so wrist action is minimized. Putting woes? A longer putter may solve the problem 2012-04-28T22:46:04Z And she made a push for the broomstick. I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z According to Dave, the cabin used to be infested with Ratatouille-esque rats that would spend their nights sliding down the broomstick and dancing on our faces. Singing Snails and Killer Whales: Parallels in Conservation 2012-04-16T15:45:00.227Z Last month, Mr. Medvedev ordered the firing of the police chief in St. Petersburg after a 15-year-old boy was beaten with a broomstick and died in police custody there. Russia Jolted Into Action on Police Brutality 2012-03-29T03:58:19Z There are many ready to believe that she has ridden through the air on a broomstick, or gone to sea in an egg-shell. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z "Oh, a broomstick, maybe, or has she a pet gander?" laughed Clodagh. Fairies Afield 2012-03-18T02:00:20.790Z "And I," said Turquoise, passionately, "will pound your head with a broomstick!" Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z I tell you, if I had ten men with me, I would sweep you and your scum out of the village with broomsticks. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z One suggested that Mr. Nazarov had injured himself in a bathroom, perhaps using a vodka bottle found in the trash or a broomstick. Russia Jolted Into Action on Police Brutality 2012-03-29T03:58:19Z He had lower legs like broomsticks, and his torn, drenched trousers clung tightly about his protuberant knees. Long Odds 2012-03-02T03:00:08.670Z A couple of Vassar girls were found by a professor fencing with broomsticks in a gymnasium. Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 12, March 22, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside 2012-02-24T03:00:26.570Z It is said, when Philadelphia was three years old, a woman was brought before Governor Penn, charged with witchcraft and riding through the air on a broomstick. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z I took the broomstick, and did the bayonet exercises. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z To take an honest tally for a witch's broomstick? A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z Have you and old Dinah eloped together on the back of a broomstick. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z The witch, when starting on her aerial journey, would not quit her house by door or window; but astride on her broomstick made her exit by the chimney. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Obedient to the sound, from far and near, the withered beldams, toothless hags in short petticoats, white linen hoods, and conical high crowned hats, come flocking on flying broomsticks. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z I looked up, and the crazy fool had a spoon—they weigh over a hundred—between his legs, dragging it like a kid with a broomstick. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z She mounted her broomstick and rode about, shouting a weird song. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z Throw the beans over the broomstick and say boo!' Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z There is a wide array of weapons to choose from, including a stiletto shoe, a frying pan, broomstick, tomato and loafer. "Angry Brides" game targets Indian dowry demands 2012-01-16T07:34:01Z Although the woman confessed her guilt, she was dismissed by the Quaker magistrate with the assurance that, as there was no law against it, she might ride a broomstick as often as she pleased. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Ere he left Spain he told Zuñiga that he would be able to travel there astride a broomstick, the course of which would be guided by a cloud of fire. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z She was not content with mere words; she got very angry one day and struck her husband with the broomstick of the house. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z Well, so much for desk-work, now for the witch broomstick on which I fly. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z In Germany a broomstick, a club, or a distaff, became suitable vehicles, provided they had been properly anointed. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z A young scape-grace having incurred the maternal displeasure, and then taken to his heels to escape chastisement, the good-wife gave chase, brandishing a broomstick aloft, and breathing vengeance on her unnatural offspring. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z "They are all off to Seville on broomsticks, no doubt." Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z His wife, who reproached herself for having in a fit of rage struck her husband with a broomstick, got out of bed and unbolted the door. Folk-Tales of Bengal 2012-01-05T03:00:45.240Z "I am pretty old, but I think I could manage a broomstick!" Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z The only difference was that, whereas the regiment had formerly been commanded by a Damascus blade, it was now commanded by a broomstick, and it went about its work correspondingly. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z ‘Where is the broomstick?’ inquired Fan in threatening tones, and rattling the collection of Indian bows, arrows, and spears which stood behind the door. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z "If I am," she replied, between a frown and smile, "you had better make your escape, se�or marqu�s, quick, before I dust you with the broomstick." The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Very likely she rides on their shoulders when they go through the air on a broomstick. Daisy the autobiography of a cat 2011-10-25T02:00:24.887Z Vigorous measures were adopted to expel the intruders, and there was desperate chasing round the deck with broomsticks, &c. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z "I saw thee riding on a broomstick—going to thy Sabbath revels." The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Jeanne Harviliers yielded to the proposition of the devil, and pronounced the formula which he dictated; she soon became a famous magician, riding to the witches' sabbaths on a broomstick. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Williams arrived before noon and started swinging a bat or a broomstick in the clubhouse. Ted Williams?s .406 Average Is More Than a Number 2011-09-17T16:53:56Z An old witch dressed in black, with a long broomstick, was stationed by a cauldron of melted lead, placed on a charcoal stove. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z A culverin is but the whiff of an oaten pipe, compared with a hag upon her broomstick. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z Whoever dares to step across my threshold shall be driven out with a broomstick like a cur. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z I do not know, but it seems to me that something extraordinary is going to happen; that bat that I saw—and in my dream all those people were riding to the sabbath on broomsticks. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z You can come to meet me, to see that I am not carried away on a broomstick.” Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z I figured if you watched the ball closely, you could hit with a broomstick. Courts, Characters and a Love of a Game 2011-08-23T02:17:37Z She travels far on her broomstick—unless, indeed, what seems likely, she has taken her quarters in the cabin we disturbed to-night. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z In principle this new club, as it has to be called for courtesy, is akin to the affair of the door-stopper and the broomstick. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z Maybe he had had some experience with Annie and her clattering broomstick. Hints to Pilgrims 2011-08-18T02:00:23.727Z Keegan Bradley and Adam Scott may be the new poster children for the long putter, but Sticks has quietly been sweeping in the cash with a broomstick this summer as well. PGA Tour: Fantasy Fix: Wyndham Championship 2011-08-16T04:00:00Z A few months before, the idea of witches riding through the air on a broomstick, and that of philosophers upon a bag of smoke would have appeared equally impossible and ridiculous. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Now thrust this spur into some convenient handle, such as a broomstick, and sew over the wire circle a bag of mosquito netting, Swiss muslin, or some similar fabric. Butterflies Worth Knowing 2011-08-10T02:00:15.887Z Scott uses the broomstick putter, much to the consternation of traditionalists. Luke Donald shoots 64 to stay in touch at Bridgestone Invitational 2011-08-06T19:34:19Z Or what evidence did our ancestors require to prove to them that old women flew through the air on broomsticks, or bewitched cows, or raised storms? A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z He died in prison after a fellow inmate beat him with a broomstick in 1994. Man who escaped Jeffrey Dahmer arrested over fight death 2011-07-28T22:24:55Z One officer admitted in court he had thrust a broken broomstick into Louima’s rectum. Strauss-Kahn’s Sex Assault Case Hearing Postponed a Second Time 2011-07-27T04:24:09Z The aluminum cans swing in bags from out-riggings on the sides of the cart, broomsticks or drapery rods salvaged from the street. About New York: Hauling Cans and Bottles Through Brooklyn, for a Hard-Earned Extra Penny 2011-07-27T02:30:19Z ML: My first scene was when Neville takes off on the broomstick and crashes around. Ten years of making Harry Potter films, by cast and crew 2011-07-07T17:55:00Z So, arming himself with a broomstick, he proceeded to the scene of poor Roy’s restraint. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z "Wonder where she keeps her broomstick," mused a third. Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z Some declared that he came over on a broomstick. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Can't you fancy I come on a sunbeam, or a cloud, or on a broomstick if you like? The Palace in the Garden 2011-06-17T02:00:20.540Z Making a sweeping curtsey, she disappeared from the screen, to reappear instantly minus cat and broomstick. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z A loitering, a clamouring through the clouds of mist, witches with and without broomsticks, little imps darting through the crowd, flaring trucks drawn up along the road, housewives bargaining their Sunday dinners. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z They had much better jump over a broomstick like Gypsies and not desecrate our prayer book in such a manner. Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days 2011-05-27T02:00:15.860Z Aunt Nabby was the reputed witch, and if you know anything about witches, you must know that to offer one a broomstick can only be regarded as an insult. Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z Take your places in an orderly queue and come up in your turns to the witch, or she'll fly away on her broomstick and tell you nothing! A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z The laughter grew louder when, according to the energetic imp’s direction, four solemn, black-robed figures obediently bestrode their broomstick steeds. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z Not an inappropriate time for the Chief Witch to fall off his broomstick and perish in a fierce firefight. Pakistan: A Terrorist State 2011-05-06T02:00:00Z I will present to you a witch's skirt, cap, and broomstick. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Slowly Uncle Will spoke these words as he made his way up a few rickety steps with the aid of an old broomstick to his cabin door. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z However, it comforted him doubtless that I never spoke of the trust, but disappeared from his world that stormy night as though I had gone on a witch’s broomstick. The Great Captain: A Story of the Days of Sir Walter Raleigh 2011-04-19T02:00:15.690Z This is to be a weird and awesome night when spirits walk abroad and witches ride the air on broomsticks. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z She beat the girl three times with a broomstick, and shut her up in the shed, and starved her, and why? Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z It seemed appropriate that finding the tournament required crossing through the bustling park to a tucked-away field surrounded by knobby-trunked trees the shape of magical broomsticks. Quidditch sweeps through colleges 2011-04-11T15:52:05Z When de marriages was performed, de massa read de ceremony an' de couples would step off over a broomstick for luck. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z Towards evening some thorns, five or six broomsticks, and ashes, are taken to the room in which the grain is stored. Omens and Superstitions of Southern India 2011-03-28T02:00:25.937Z The wind howled, and shrieked, and moaned, and witches on broomsticks flew round and round the house and tapped noisily on our window-panes. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z He encouraged Matt to run the bleachers after Pop Warner football practices and had him swing at BBs with a broomstick to develop his hand-eye coordination for baseball. Phil Rogers: Cubs' quest for a center fielder now on Szczur 2011-03-23T02:47:00Z No doubt you have read of the Witches' Sabbath, and have laughed at the tales which terrified our ancestors; the black cats, and the broomsticks, and dooms pronounced against some old woman's cow. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z He dreamed that he had lost his Little Sweep, and that he married in her stead her broomstick dressed up in the little gray wedding frock. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z When some one alluded to the fact that Swift had written beautifully about Vanessa, she is reported to have said “That doesn’t signify, for we all know the Dean could write beautifully about a broomstick.” The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z "That does not follow," replied Mrs. Johnson, with bitterness; "it is well known that the Dean could write finely on a broomstick." The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. 2011-03-01T03:00:48.107Z Stella, you know, said Swift could write beautifully about a broomstick. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z “It’ll run out of the hole,” pointing to the hole made by the broomstick when the concrete was soft. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z Little Sweep was standing at her crossing when a tiny little man, dressed out in green and wearing a bright red cap, flew through the air and perched upon her broomstick. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z One night, Ms. Perez recalled, Ms. Williams hit him with a broomstick for smoking crack in their bathroom. It Ended in a Suitcase 2011-02-20T03:00:16Z In one of the scenes in the play, Ralph and his man are beaten in a brisk battle by the women of the play armed with broomsticks. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z "I think you could cross the marsh easily on a broomstick." Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z You can put a bit of broomstick between the earth wall and the outer wall of your tub-mold and pour the concrete around it. Ethel Morton at Sweetbriar Lodge 2011-02-24T03:01:03.877Z "Well, ma'am," replied Pumpkin with a low bow, "we thought that you might be good enough to give them a ride home on your broomstick." The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z There are men with shanks like broomsticks—men who survived the agonies of freezing. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z And upon these theories, not upon the broomstick and black-cat conception, were based the trials for witchcraft during the seventeenth century. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z |
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