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poker

[poh-ker] / ˈpoʊ kər /


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Clarke, as if playing poker in Vegas, sent on Ben Gannon-Doak, Dykes and Ross Stewart.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

Her husband accompanied her to Vegas, where he's playing poker while she attends the convention - there are very few male attendees among the crowd.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

We’d expect to hear something similar from Redick — whose poker face isn’t as good as Barbarez’s, whose small sigh and slight smile betrayed his only emotions during his postgame news conference Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Most Friday nights, she said, VCs host poker and pickleball games in Silicon Valley.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

When your mama learned he’d won it in a poker match, she was angry as a hornet.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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