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Recent Examples of bandolierThe suspect, 20-year-old Wess Roley, was seen in a picture posted to his Instagram story wearing black face paint and camouflage clothing with a bandolier on his waist, authorities shared at a news conference.—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025 Authorities shared an image on social media showing Wess Roley wearing black face paint and camouflage attire with a bandolier holding multiple rounds of ammunition in preparation for the attack.—David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025 Some of her paintings begin as digital collages sourced from vintage Black magazines; this calendar’s smiling, topless cover model had accessorized her lingerie with a bandolier of bullets, as though in preparation for the revolution.—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 Baker recreated the Lenape bandolier bag to help revitalize one of his community’s art forms.—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024 Baker recreated the Lenape bandolier bag to help revitalize one of his community’s art forms.—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024 Advertisement Members of the former are alleged to sport tattoos of a skull with Nazi imagery and an AK-47, while members of the latter are allegedly known for their matching tattoos of a skeleton outfitted with a sombrero, bandolier and pistol.—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024 From Scottsdale, Arizona, to Birmingham in Michigan and Birmingham in Alabama, women are wearing jewels on satin cords, bindings of silk and braid, doing sashes bandolier style.—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2024
If weather conditions permit, skywatchers across northern states may catch glowing ribbons of green, purple and red auroras dancing across the horizon.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
In May, Downtown Design Dubai, the Middle East‘s leading contemporary design fair since 2012, cut the ribbon on Downtown Design Riyadh, becoming Saudi Arabia’s very first design trade show.
This brand-new toy lets kids play with 32 jumbo-sized felt pieces that stick onto the board with hook-and-loop material.
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Clint Davis,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
The tennis ball demonstration encapsulates this philosophy, while showing not a pre-programmed set of movements, but a closed-loop perception-action system that interprets its surroundings and acts accordingly.
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