intermission

"Oil has pushed higher, Asian equities are softer, and suddenly the brief Friday reprieve in global fixed income looks more like an intermission than the end of the show."

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The red card came in the 64th minute with the U.S. protecting a 1-0 lead built on Balogun’s goal just before the intermission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

I have never seen so many patrons leave a Shakespeare in the Park production at intermission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

But he never wrote it, and during intermission the audience is polled to see whether Mr. Lynn’s prologue should be performed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

During intermission, Francie did not join the other kids in the interim pastime of spitting down on the plutocrats in the thirty-cent orchestra seats.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

“Othello,” which runs 134 minutes with two intermissions, feels weighed down by overwrought dramatic gestures enacting Shakespeare’s tragic narrative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

New York City Ballet’s 2024-25 season will feature earlier curtain times, fewer intermissions and a tribute to the great American ballerina Maria Tallchief, the company announced on Monday.

From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024

For me, there was the American Cinematheque’s summer screening of Spike Lee’s “Malcolm X,” in a 70mm print that crackled, glowed and transported a rapt Aero Theatre audience for 200 minutes, intermissions be damned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

Boos followed the teams down their respective tunnels at the start of both intermissions.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 11, 2023

My sisters and I had watched the program every Saturday afternoon, our gasbag of a collie imposing frequent intermissions.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris