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headband

[hed-band] / ˈhɛdˌbænd /








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“I was only pretty good at putting on a headband before this,” he quipped.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

I was there with a unicorn headband on, living my best life.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 27, 2026

At Parc de Bercy, Abdoulaye N. usually showed up on weekends, wearing a bandanna tied like an inverted headband and bringing fresh fruits for everybody, according to friends who trained with him.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

The shouts — a husky voice with a Southern surf bro twang — echoed in the dojo as a 4-year-old blond boy with a headband reading “Lil’ Dragon” punched up at a scowling mannequin.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2025

I will say, The headband holds my hair back, and I will wear them every day until no one notices them anymore.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

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

Musicians illuminated stages with bell-bottom jeans, platform shoes and colourful headbands.

From BBC Dec. 19, 2025

Claire’s storefronts used to be a staple in shopping malls across the country, where teen girls could shop for colorful items such as hair clips, headbands and handbags.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2025

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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