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headbands

  • plural
    of headband.
    headband
    noun
    a band worn around the head; fillet.

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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

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

In a nod to the trademark headband Thorpe wore while batting, headbands designed by his wife Amanda and daughters Kitty and Emma will be sold to raise money for mental health charity Mind.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2025

Most of the enemy soldiers now wore white bands around their heads, the same kind of headbands worn by Japanese warriors for hundreds of years.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac