Owning the latest and best broomstick increases Harry’s popularity—an eager group of students gathers to ogle and touch the Firebolt—and enables further Quidditch victories, but he is never criticized for his obsession with brooms.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Before that he had been accused of ogling a nude photo of one of his deputies sent by her then-boyfriend — a deputy later arrested in Orange County on a domestic battery charge for which he was acquitted.
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Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 June 2025
Far too often, business leaders get caught staring at the wrong gauges—hyper-focused on vanity metrics, internal politics or the crisis of the week.
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Ryan Kunkel,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Captured in the early morning, the video shows the woman entering her kitchen to find her partner staring at a grey cat, which is nonchalantly eating from a bowl on the floor.
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Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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