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The department's evidence room was unsecured, and surveillance footage showed unauthorized people accessing it through a hole in a wall and using a broomstick to open the door from the inside, Crocker said.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The district attorney repeatedly assailed the Police Department over the level of security in its evidence room, saying that officers had unfettered access through a gap in the wall and used a broomstick to jimmy a door.
—Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
False positives are also common, Marlow said, as these types of systems have been known to misidentify broomsticks as rifles, and rulers for knives.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
As with their appearance in the premiere, these hooded terrors immediately set up a scene tailor-made for a Disney ride with the witches’ daring escape on — horror of all horrors — broomsticks.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The district attorney repeatedly assailed the Police Department over the level of security in its evidence room, saying that officers had unfettered access through a gap in the wall and used a broomstick to jimmy a door.
—Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
False positives are also common, Marlow said, as these types of systems have been known to misidentify broomsticks as rifles, and rulers for knives.
—Amanda Musa, CNN, 1 Feb. 2025
As with their appearance in the premiere, these hooded terrors immediately set up a scene tailor-made for a Disney ride with the witches’ daring escape on — horror of all horrors — broomsticks.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Broomstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/broomstick. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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broomstick
noun
broom·stick
-ˌstik 
: the handle of a broom
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