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[bahy] / baɪ /






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Alongside Sul’s deftly handled, physical characterization of a proud man swallowed by hurt he could never imagine, “Possible Love” stands as one of the more sensitively wrought depictions of a wounded marriage you’ll ever see.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Esther returns to the dating scene and finds a match in Julian, played by Steven Weber.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

During a 63-hour standoff, Kiritsis demands that Fred Heckman, a beloved radio reporter played by Jon Hamm, interview him live on air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Americans are still reading — I see it every day in my community, which needs books by presses like Counterpoint and Catapult.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

When Father Monaghan steps out of his car and explores the colony, he’s immediately horrified by what he sees.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Teams with byes in first round of pool play: #5 Mater Dei; #6 Woodbridge; #7 Westlake; #8 Edison.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

New England and Seattle chase top seeds and first-round playoff byes in this weekend's penultimate games of the NFL season while six clubs fight for the last three post-season berths.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

Course Mister Sparks, he's int'rested in byes, even ef he beant the father o' any hisself.

From The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners by Herbert Carter


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