commercial break
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During a commercial break, 6-foot-5 “Frankenstein” star Jacob Elordi and 6-foot-6 Oliver Laxe, director of international feature nominee “Sirāt,” greeted one another at the lobby bar.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
That way, if changes were necessary, we could speak to each other in the commercial break.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
The nominations will be announced over about 20 minutes, with a gap in the middle to allow US network ABC to take a commercial break.
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
And as obnoxious as it was to hear Cynthia Erivo belting “dooooooooooOOooOOOoowwn!” during every Thanksgiving day commercial break, the film itself was an undeniable delight.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025
The signs for applause flashed again, and we went to commercial break.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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