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broomstick

noun

Definition of broomstick

as in bow

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Recent Examples of broomstick After the shooting, federal authorities accused Sosa-Celis and Aljorna of beating an ICE officer with a broomstick or a snow shovel during the incident, but those charges were later dropped after an investigation into whether the agents lied about the incident. — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 18 May 2026 More recently, the Australian trio launched a website for a fake company called Takumi, whose mascot is a purple cartoon cat that wears a witch hat and flies on a broomstick. — Walden Green, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026 The broomstick was created with the help of Amor, and the bride and groom hope to pass it down to her for her own special day. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026 Autumn Ness has great fun with the green-skinned Wicked Witch of the West, although emerging from the orchestra pit isn’t nearly as thrilling as flames and flights on a broomstick. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for broomstick

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Noun

By voting for the ordinance, Councilman Collin Czilli stressed repeatedly, the Republicans were voting to make the use of bows and arrows, paintball guns and other weapons legal.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
The yacht also has a touch-and-go helipad in the bow to facilitate comings and goings at sea.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of bow

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But whereas weaker seasons have relied on this feeding loop to the point of exhaustion, overemphasizing one side or the other, this time, new challenges keep emerging, giving personality quirks new angles through which to be reflected.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
Solar prominences One of the most surprising aspects of witnessing a total solar eclipse is a view of prominences during totality, bright pink spikes or loops that appear around the moon's silhouette.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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The administration is racing to get a handle on an almost entirely unregulated industry – one that’s advancing at breathtaking speed.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Firefighters have taken advantage of cooler weather to begin getting a handle on wildfires that have displaced tens of thousands of people around Washington state's second-largest city, but hotter, drier and breezier days lie ahead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of handle

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Along with the traditional sofreyé haft seen, a spread of items set out to welcome the new year, this year’s event encouraged people to honor the lives of protesters killed by placing flowers on a map of Iran.

— Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
In a Brooklyn apartment, Nozlee Samadzadeh thinks about family while building a haft sin, a traditional Nowruz table with symbolic objects on it.

— Sarah Ventre, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026

Definition of haft

Noun

Michelle Buzz of the American alternative pop duo Haute & Freddy brought a Victorian shoe look to the stage with a calf-height white boot featuring a lace-up shaft, sculptural block heel and perforations.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
As the years go by, the hair shaft tends to thin out, resulting in strands that are more fragile, dull, and brittle.

— Laura Scafati, Vanity Fair, 31 July 2026

Definition of shaft

Noun

Adults with lower handgrip strength showed accelerated biological aging on epigenetic clocks, which measure DNA methylation to reveal a person’s true biological age.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
The body is the typical basic black with a magnesium chassis and top plate, and a sculpted leatherette handgrip.

— Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026

Definition of handgrip

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