If something crazy happens, she might might respond to a text message sent during a commercial break.

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"Welcome back to the 'Modern Family Awards, ' " host Jane Lynch said as the show resumed from a commercial break.

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One woman came up to me to shake my hand during a commercial break, telling me she'd just finished arguing a case before the Supreme Court.

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Stewart, meanwhile, used almost all of his interview time to cross-examine Gore on the matter, pressing him for a solid nine minutes and even picking it up again briefly after a commercial break.

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Amidst the doom and gloom that has been the retail beat, a welcome commercial break from an unexpected source offers a breath of fresh air.

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In a series of private meetings on Thursday night, John Hume's party is believed to have advised both the British and Irish governments that the only way to protect the progress made in recent months was a one-day suspension, or a 'commercial break' suspension as one SDLP figure described it.

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As noon drew near, Wapner, clearly anxious to cut to a long-overdue commercial break, thanked his guests and sought to wrap it up.

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We have to take a quick, quick commercial break.

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According to the official, a break in the case came when detectives reviewing video surveillance from commercial establishments in the area spotted the suspect talking with street vendors along a row near 50th Street and Seventh Avenue, a block from the subway station where Mr. Han was killed.

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