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 baby-faced snooker magician showed off some shots to the ooh-ing and ah-ing audience, including when he played one fan, Liu YiFei.
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
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
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
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
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
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
He won the final frame of the day from 70-22 behind needing snookers.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2011
Much of the debate on this topic has stirred fears that individual investors will be snookered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
He insisted the banks she alleges were snookered with lofty valuations suffered no harm, got paid in his deals and “to this day have no complaints.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
The alleged victims in the Holmes case, on the other hand, are less sympathetic — wealthy investors who were seemingly snookered due to their own arrogance and poor character judgment.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2021
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
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