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  • Once downlinked, it is no more difficult to release an unprocessed image from a pushbroom camera than it is for a 2D imager.

    LRO Image Availability Update - NASA Watch 2009

  • The corollary for this scene in my mind, at least is one other: a long take of a guard cleaning a corridor of urine with a pushbroom.

    Double Feature: Hunger 2010

  • His 'stache is a pushbroom of justice, sweeping his opponents into neat little piles like so much sawdust.

    Bearing Witness: Hitting From Behind BikeSnobNYC 2010

  • (In all sincerity, Axelrod's pushbroom is a delight.)

    Jon Chattman: The Curious Case of 'Inglorious' Mustaches 2009

  • Still, the 'stache aka the mo, muzzy, pushbroom, flavor savor, or soup strainer - has for decades fallen out of style and instead been linked to out-of-date men who look like they'd sell you a timeshare or lure your children into their tan Chevy Capris.

    Ivan Sciupac: A Mustache for Movember 2009

  • Over a decade later, I ask myself: Was he ashamed of his pushbroom?

    Jon Chattman: An Open Letter to Alex Trebek 2009

  • "But it's show business," said the guy with the pushbroom following the circus parade.

    Meanwhile at SPA Steve Hulett 2007

  • Stinky humphed with satisfaction, leaning into the pushbroom that now served as his brush.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2003

  • A janitor swept up with a long wooden pushbroom, an unlit cigarette plugged into the side of his mouth.

    html Scottoline, Lisa 2001

  • Sarah, you just keep on sweeping that media propaganda tide with a pushbroom; it's worth trying.

    Latest Articles Sarah Palin's Notes 2010

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