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
One reason for China's snooker explosion is that it remains relatively cheap to play here.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Since the interval that's breaks of 63, 70 and a century - clinical, one-frame snooker, that's what you want at this stage of the match.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Since 1977, Sheffield's Crucible Theatre has been the home of snooker.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
But in snooker there are other ways to win points, as Alex knew only too well.
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
A tense finish saw Trump make a 58 but then foul and leave a free ball with Day chasing snookers.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2023
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
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
McIlroy’s 75 – including 37 putts – leaves him nine adrift and needing Sunday snookers.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2016
Much of the debate on this topic has stirred fears that individual investors will be snookered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Yet much of the press seems to have been snookered.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2025
“Attorney Baldwin did nothing wrong. He was snookered and abused,” Hennessy said in the memorandum.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 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
“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
Longer pot shots and a more frequent use of snookering?
From The Guardian ● May 23, 2012
David Hampton posed as the son of Sidney Poitier, snookering high-caste Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2011
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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