interlude
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Meanwhile, with “In My Life,” listeners are treated to multiple takes in which Martin transforms the song’s Bach-like keyboard interlude from a Hammond organ solo into a piano flourish for the ages.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
There will be a drier and brighter interlude on Wednesday, with the rest of the week staying a little unsettled with further spells of rain.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
A poolside interlude channels the tension of distance between two people who were once close: The woman grasps a book but seems primarily absorbed in melancholy; the man broods around her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“It was just this six-week interlude of time when people liked each other and people were having fun together,” Schloessman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
There is a sudden interlude in the frenzy of the game as he takes off his helmet and rises only to his knees.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
Unsettled weather looks likely to continue beyond that with spells of rain interspersed with drier, brighter interludes.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
While past records often featured such incense-perfumed instrumentals as connecting interludes, here the background has been moved to the front.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Anchored on a near-orchestral soundstage, its 20 tracks ricochet from in-your-face punk dissonance to majestic broken-heart dirges, a lovely duet with St. Vincent, rootsy folk interludes and farfisa-rich lounge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
His ongoing dispute with a folding bicycle and a long-running complaint about the behavior of the upstairs neighbors are, though they make for some very funny interludes, symptomatic of entrenched unhappiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
I had never witnessed a play, except for a few short interludes played on the bed of a wagon in the town square at May festival, so I had little idea of what to expect.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Vocabulary lists containing interlude
Power Prefix: inter-
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Franklin Roosevelt, "Four Freedoms" (1941)
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