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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

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

All of them wore colored headbands, all carried short, rapier-like swords.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques