snooker

People living near the snooker and pool club had mixed feelings about the mural.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

And into things that I wouldn't expect a Portuguese footballer to be into like horse racing, darts and snooker - typical British and Irish stuff.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Barry Hearn is the founder and president of Matchroom Sport, one of the leading promoters across boxing, darts and snooker.

From BBC ● May 15, 2026

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

Alex killed a couple of hours knocking a few balls around on his uncle’s snooker table—and then felt vaguely guilty when Jack caught him at it.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

Yet they end the evening level on points with Fire and needing snookers to qualify.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025

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

Mark Williams hits an "impossible" shot in a dramatic Masters semi-final loss to Neil Robertson, in which the Australian came back from two snookers down to win the deciding frame.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2022

An opening nine of 40 – McIlroy whacked his tee shot out of bounds at the 9th – meant he required snookers to win.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020

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

Yet much of the press seems to have been snookered.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2025

He insisted the banks that James alleges were snookered with lofty valuations suffered no harm, got paid in his deals and “to this day have no complaints.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2023

“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

Really candidly, in this rural community, I’ve been snookered by some people who basically say they’re doing good and they’re not.

From Washington Times ● May 9, 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