intermission

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Six minutes later Murphy made it 3-0 and the rout was on, with Coyne and Scamurra adding goals 109 seconds apart to extend the U.S. lead to 5-0 heading into the second intermission.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 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

"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

The teachers tell us to put on our gowns because we’ll move into the final segment of competition once intermission is over.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles