bye
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The Jaguars are coming off a bye and are ready to get back on the winning track.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Combine that bleak outcome with the advent of DVR and social media — where any event can be discussed in depth, immediately — and boom: Bye bye, watercooler.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
The Chargers head into their bye week before facing the Rams at SoFi Stadium on Nov. 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
The format has not been formally approved, but one scenario would give the top eight seeded teams a first-round bye and a home game in the second round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Grandma didn’t come backstage to say hi before the performance the next night, or bye after, but I saw that she was there.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
Baker's bouncer went for four byes and the day got worse from there.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
Entering the Rose Bowl, College Football Playoff teams coming off first-round byes were winless.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
The two highest ranked teams will receive byes into single-match finals while the other four meet in single-match semi-finals.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
Still, standing back he conceded the majority of his 25 byes, without which the game might already be as good as gone.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025
No ball sliding off the bat, could pass Dunc Robertson, and as for byes they were impossible with Speug as long-stop, for those were the days when there were long-stops.
From Young Barbarians by Ian Maclaren
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