headband
Americannoun
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a ribbon or band worn around the head
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a narrow cloth band attached to the top of the spine of a book for protection or decoration
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Open, wearing cornrows, a headband, arm sleeves and a dramatic hooded gown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
So in 1992, wearing flares, a bottle green jacket and a yellow headband over her bobbed blonde hair, van Heel appeared on the hit ITV programme.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
Do kids really need a headband if they are always wearing a hat or helmet?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
With his white headband working and his shoe repaired, Sterling helped lead a second-half surge by Harvard-Westlake that resulted in a 71-57 victory, sending the Wolverines into the Southern Section Open Division championship game Saturday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
Her frizzy mop of hair was gray-brown, like root-beer foam, tied back with a peace-sign headband.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
Bigelow, a Greenwich Village pharmacy that made the plastic headbands Bessette was so fond of, reported a 500% sales increase since 2023, and Selima Optique have rereleased the style Bessette wore because of popular demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
Menopause has long been big business: there are dietary supplements, symptom trackers, therapeutic headbands, and life coaches all specialising in it.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
Flips and headbands were suddenly popular, I noticed.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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