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headband

[hed-band] / ˈhɛdˌbænd /








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A veil rested on their heads, held by a satin flowered headband.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Even now, he still needs to wear a reinforced headband to protect himself from further injury.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

Do kids really need a headband if they are always wearing a hat or helmet?

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 14, 2026

He tells BBC Newsbeat he believes his "strength" comes from his faith, and he wore the headband to show that.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2025

He wore a bushlike black beard and shoulder-length hair, which he kept out of his face with a headband made from a filthy nylon strap.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Observations show the people use narrow outrigger canoes, live in large communal huts, carry spears, bows and arrows, and wear fibre waistbelts, as well as necklaces and headbands.

From Barron's May 18, 2026

Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer are recently retired, neatly folding headbands in the sock drawer.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 2026

They were chanting, buying jerseys and wearing "I love Messi" headbands.

From BBC Dec. 13, 2025

And style influencers have been democratically tying bows on everything from over-ear headphones to bag straps to headbands.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2024

An hour after the death certificate is signed, Lucinda is laid out in the water well of the hippopotamus car and hitched to a team of twenty-four black Percherons with feathers on their headbands.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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