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

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

Citra asked as soon as the lights came up for the first act intermission.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman