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The dancers wore ceremonial headdresses.
most of the acrobats riding the horses and elephants wore some sort of fancy headdress
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The Trump crypto train comes to Dubai The bullish energy of the yacht party — complete with open bars, teppanyaki grills and Vegas-style belly dancers wearing feather headdresses — matched the unbridled optimism currently pulsing through the global crypto community.
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Natasha Turak, CNBC, 23 May 2025
Wearing a feather headdress that has been passed down generations, Dona Roseli, as she is known, recounts stories about flora and fauna.
—Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025
Fireworks shot out of a headdress worn by the principal devil, who fought an angel.
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The image, from the 1940s, shows a serious-looking young man wearing an Arab headdress and a suit jacket astride a white horse.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 6 May 2025
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Natasha Turak, CNBC, 23 May 2025
Wearing a feather headdress that has been passed down generations, Dona Roseli, as she is known, recounts stories about flora and fauna.
—Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2025
Fireworks shot out of a headdress worn by the principal devil, who fought an angel.
—Marco Garro, New York Times, 12 May 2025
The image, from the 1940s, shows a serious-looking young man wearing an Arab headdress and a suit jacket astride a white horse.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 6 May 2025
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“Headdress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headdress. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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headdress
noun
head·dress
ˈhed-ˌdres 
: a covering or ornament for the head
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