snookering

present participle of snooker

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for snookering
Verb
  • Only, Brown isn’t fooling himself.
    Janis Carr, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Instead of fooling millions of people individually, attackers need only to compromise one AI model to reach millions at once.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • How to protect yourself from AI phishing scams AI phishing scams rely on tricking people into trusting what looks and sounds real.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Some have also used the hashtag #homelessman to post their videos, all of which center on the idea of tricking people into believing that there is a stranger inside their home.
    Maura Murphy, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That’s 14 years of dreaming, dissolving, romanticizing, escaping, and sometimes deceiving ourselves.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year to deceiving donors and stealing the identities of 11 people — including his own family members — to make donations to his campaign.
    Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Snookering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snookering. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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