intermission

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Running time: About 90 minutes, with one intermission.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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

An intermission bought time to familiarize oneself with text squeezed onto the cellphone screen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

If I didn’t wow them, the theater would be completely empty after intermission, and my opera career would’ve ended before it began.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman