intermission

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The compact nature of the production, performed without intermission in just over 90 minutes, awkwardly exposes the melodrama that Ibsen took great pains to undercut.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 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

"He managed to convince the marching band - a huge deal at American universities - to come and play in the intermission between singles and doubles matches," Ram told BBC Sport.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

But following the intermission there was little opportunity for the program’s five classically schooled men to distinguish themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

They watch him disappear up the stairs and then return their attention to the front door and to the patrons returning late from intermission.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly