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snooker

[snook-er, snoo-ker] / ˈsnʊk ər, ˈsnu kər /


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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

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

"After that win, he was received by the vice governor of the Gansu province and this will be much bigger than that," said Chinese snooker reporter Joe Liu, who works for World Snooker.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

Zhao's victory 12 months ago was regarded as a seismic moment for Chinese snooker.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

He looked like one of those consumptive snooker players on cable.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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

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

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

“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

“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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