Pompoms

When Owens reached the end zone, he picked up two pompoms from a cheerleader and danced along with the Gold Rush cheerleaders in the end zone, drawing wild applause. ❋ Unknown (2002)

On Sunday, Owens had a 45-yard touchdown catch late in the third quarter and grabbed two pompoms from a 49ers cheerleader to celebrate. ❋ Unknown (2002)

There, a crew of about 25 workers showed up on two massive barges to position booms and long lines of "pompoms" - ribbonlike material used to catch oil as it comes ashore - to protect the inlet leading from the Gulf of Mexico to Pensacola Bay. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The poodles also have balls of hair on their hip bones called pompoms or rosettes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

They dropped strings of mop-like, white plastic "pompoms," weighted down by metal chains, into the shallow water. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His artillery, consisting of several heavy pieces and a number of machine guns (including one of the diabolical 'pompoms'), was cleverly placed upon the further side of the stream, and was not only provided with shelter pits but had rows of reserve pits, so that the guns could be readily shifted when their range was found. ❋ Arthur Conan Doyle (1894)

"The price is not very high, so we make up for it in quantity," said Gong Yue Quan, 41, whose company makes and sells small, do-it-yourself toy parts such as tiny colored pompoms and pipe-cleaner stems. ❋ Keith B. Richburg (2010)

They held a press conference Tuesday with Magic Johnson and others all but waving pompoms to announce that a naming rights deal has been made for a stadium that hasn't been built to host a team that hasn't committed to come there. ❋ AP (2011)

Orange and blue pompoms were laid at the base of the trees along with signs, including one that read "get well soon." ❋ AP (2011)

She was, by turns, flippant, earnest, jovial and happy, as always, to discuss the pompoms on her socks as much as the tennis. ❋ Alyson Rudd (2011)

He said it now costs about 4.5 renminbi (about 68 cents) to make a bag of pompoms that might sell in the United States for as little as $5. ❋ Keith B. Richburg (2010)

But I know where my heart lies when I hear those great old birds from Dagenham reminiscing about their struggle – and when I see teenage girls in boots and knickers, waving pompoms and being told they are "doing sport". ❋ Victoria Coren (2010)

It was known as the place where the jocks and cheerleaders gathered, a collection of the studly and maturing boys and the girls with bodies and legs and pompoms that they knew how to move. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They may use any weapons they please, from revolvers and rifles to machine guns and pompoms. ❋ Unknown (2010)