bye
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But the Dodgers would prefer to, unlike last year, at least earn a first-round bye, and ideally home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
While Spanish police in Ceuta appeared to do little to intervene, some jubilant migrants walked through its streets, calling out: "Bye bye Morocco, hello Spain."
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
It is about winning the National League West, with one of the two best records in the league, thus ensuring a first-round bye.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
“We want Greenland. They don’t want to give it to us and I said, ‘OK, bye bye.’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
You say bye, retracing your steps to the parking lot.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Baker's bouncer went for four byes and the day got worse from there.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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
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
Of the NL’s three division winners, only two will be granted first-round byes in the postseason and advance directly to the divisional round.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
"No. We'll slip off the main road at Cobham and trickle in through the byes."
From Men of Affairs by Roland Pertwee
