intermission

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Juraj Slafkovsky put Montreal in front less than five minutes before the second intermission, lifting a wrist shot over Kuemper’s glove from the slot.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Makar, however, wouldn’t be denied later in the period, sending a blistering wrister from the center of the right circle just over Hellebuyck’s arm 84 seconds before the intermission.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 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

At intermission, Ethan bought one of the ten-dollar souvenir programs, and after the show he thanked my father at least five times for getting him a ticket.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg