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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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
“I was only pretty good at putting on a headband before this,” he quipped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
An early version, now in a clinical trial, consists of an Apple Vision Pro headset and a custom headband with embedded electrodes that measure brain activity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
He has founded a company called Niraxx which markets a headband called a neuro espresso, which is designed to be worn for up to 20 minutes a day.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
Adina hadn’t had a close friend since Roxie Black in fourth grade, who let Adina borrow her headband.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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
Some demonstrators waved signs that said “no discussion, no democracy,” while others sported yellow and black headbands printed with demands to increase transparency and reevaluate the bill point by point.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2024
Dirty socks, and headbands, and old jerseys from past years with the Defenders.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
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