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
Zhao's victory 12 months ago was regarded as a seismic moment for Chinese snooker.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
It's what John Higgins has done in every match this championship - he's got better as each match has gone on and played his best snooker near the end of the match.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
But in snooker there are other ways to win points, as Alex knew only too well.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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
However, the 2012 champion made breaks of 83, 95 and 119 to win four of the next five frames and got two snookers in the finale to clinch the win 6-5.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 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
“Attorney Baldwin did nothing wrong. He was snookered and abused,” Hennessy said in the memorandum.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
This flavor of whining, however, is doubly sinister, because it's a member of the DOJ leveraging his status to discredit the jury system, simply because these two juries wouldn't be snookered by him.
From Salon ● May 19, 2023
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
She also beats herself up for having been snookered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2018
“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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