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The intermission where games pause and snack budgets quietly collapse.
means The rest period splitting a sporting match into two halves, used for recovery, tactics, and entertainment.
from A plain English compound, half plus time, dating to early team sports needing a breather and a regroup between halves.
Super BowlHalftime show now outdraws much of the game.
LengthFootball halftimes run roughly fifteen minutes.
TacticsCoaches' speeches here can flip entire matches.