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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Sporting a bright pink headband, 84-year-old Judith Snell, from Brighouse, declares herself "ready for a punch-up" after completing some shadow boxing with Mr Motivator.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“I was only pretty good at putting on a headband before this,” he quipped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Even now, he still needs to wear a reinforced headband to protect himself from further injury.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Do kids really need a headband if they are always wearing a hat or helmet?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
She had waist-length blond hair lassoed with a purple headband.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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
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
In 2019, a school in Jinhua, China, drew criticism after trialing EEG headbands that monitored the concentration levels of its pupils.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
Flips and headbands were suddenly popular, I noticed.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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