interlude
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There is, however, one dazzlingly strange interlude of repressed conflict that radiates such retro 1950s-fixated weirdness that it’s as if David Lynch took a sly pass at the “Mad Max” universe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Morgan Stanley, which was a lead banker on the SpaceX IPO, seems to think the dip will be an interlude.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
It has stayed below 5% for a decade, if a brief interlude during the pandemic is omitted.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Composed of three songs and one interlude, “Samuelito” takes its name from the childhood moniker some know him by today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
She was sure that he would make Aeneas in the end go to Italy and that this little interlude with Dido would not be in the least to her son’s discredit.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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This may mean longer dry interludes and the chance of returning to above-average daytime temperatures, but the degree of temperature rise will depend on the positioning the high pressure relative to the UK.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The film got three stars from Tim Robey, external at The Telegraph, who notes the film's "action interludes are more nonsensical than scary" and "provide momentary dumb fun when Scott's campfire apocalypse needs waking up".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The new set squeezes 20 tracks into a 46-minute runtime, many of which are short interludes designed to keep things moving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
Well, it’s my idea that in all these interludes, whenever Dave became a psychiatric case, he went off into a moronic maze, spending his time twiddling his fingers.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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Power Prefix: inter-
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