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In court, his siblings testified that Gabriel had been beaten with a wooden club and a broomstick, and tortured with pepper spray, Icy Hot, a metal hanger, a belt, lighters and BB guns, among other objects.—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026 Grab your wands and polish your broomsticks, because Hogwarts is calling.—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026 Yet here the Knicks are, on the receiving end of the regular season broomsticks broken out by the Detroit Pistons, who — without their two centers Jalen Duren and Isaiah Stewart–beat the Knicks handily to advance to a 3-0 record with a 126-111 victory a Madison Square Garden on Thursday.—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026 In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Williams draws us into the characters' magical realm with a playful yet slightly sinister music box theme that soon expands out into a grandiose series of orchestral broomstick swoops, setting the stage for the mega-successful series to come.—Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for broomstick