intermission

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Dent had 19 points at intermission and outscored USC by himself in the last nine minutes of the half, 7-6.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

The next U.S. goal was indisputable with Bilka blasting a short one-timer by Desbiens seven minutes before the second intermission.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Audience members are naturally Bacharach fans, and the show, which runs about two hours with an intermission, doles out the great hits lavishly, beginning with all three singers performing “Always Something There to Remind Me.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

From August through November, we move from my mom’s to mine to my siblings’, with only a brief intermission before my dad’s rolls around in April.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2026

During intermission, Francie did not join the other kids in the interim pastime of spitting down on the plutocrats in the thirty-cent orchestra seats.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith