snooker
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Barry is the founder and president of Matchroom Sport, one of the leading promoters in boxing, darts and snooker, while his son Eddie is chairman of the organisation.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The country is now churning out high-quality snooker competitors.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Wu, who uses a translator in his news conferences, shared a bed with his father in a windowless flat in the Steel City as he tried to carve out a career in professional snooker.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Wu and Allen produced a session of spellbinding snooker and finished locked at 11-11 to perfectly set up the final session of their last-four meeting.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
They settled instead on Hugh van Vliet’s place because it had a snooker table.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
In fact, they needed snookers while playing blind-folded and without a cue ball.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
With three episodes left, it seems odd that the writers devised a tale in which Saul snookers a mall cop with an oversized pastry.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
Liverpool needed snookers to get back into the title race and Spurs have just provided them with one.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2022
Brooks Koepka’s dropped shot at the last meant he slipped back to five under and the position of needing snookers.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2017
We can be heard trying to shush them, and will continue to do so until the other teams need snookers.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2017
Much of the debate on this topic has stirred fears that individual investors will be snookered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
She absconded with money from Rupert Murdoch and the DeVos family and snookered people like Henry Kissinger, all of which is so funny that you almost want to root for her.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2022
“When you find out who the murderer is and begin leafing through the pages, looking for missed clues,” Tina Jordan recently commented in The Times, “you’ll realize just how completely Christie snookered you.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
Frost acknowledged he got snookered by new Illinois coach Bret Bielema, saying he and his offensive assistants were caught off guard when the Illini defense lined up with four linemen instead of three.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2021
“Okay, so the authorities are being snookered by these hidden messages. But how could they resist the facts? Show them your Receiver gizmo, Mr. Benedict. They’ll have to believe you.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Leading 5-2, Murphy knocked in 15 reds and 15 blacks to reach 120 with only the colours remaining but ended up snookering himself behind the blue and the chance was lost.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
But the crypto implosion at least has a cleansing benefit: It offers an opportunity to mop up a speculative and overhyped mess that has gotten badly out of control, snookering gullible investors in the process.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022
David Hampton posed as the son of Sidney Poitier, snookering high-caste Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2011
But in seeking position on the green he needed to take the white around the table but lost position, snookering himself.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2010
But, as in any case of cloak-and-dagger, it's sometimes hard to tell exactly who's snookering whom.
From Time Magazine Archive
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