Example Sentences

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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

I needed two snookers at 5-5 and Mark played an amazing shot where he clipped the red away.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2022

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

The Foxes don't quite need snookers yet but, sticking with the same analogy, they are tucked up behind the black and it will be very difficult for them to get out of trouble from there.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2015

At the start of the evening, White missed a red that would have left Hendry needing two snookers, in a needless attempt to win position on the black, and watched his opponent clear up.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2011