mastermind

Over two decades, Redzepi has come to embody the institution, serving as both its mastermind and frontman—the equivalent, in Formula One terms, of Ferrari’s Frédéric Vasseur and Charles Leclerc rolled into one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Luis Izquiel, a lawyer and professor of criminology at Venezuela's Central University, called Guerrero a criminal mastermind.

From Barron's ● Jun. 13, 2026

Soccer and the mastermind behind that World Cup — created for the 23 players who will wear the U.S. crest at home this summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

Keegan is one of the most transformational figures in Newcastle's history, the mastermind behind the Entertainers, who challenged for the Premier League title in 1996.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

If Zeitoun was transferred to a secret prison, their lives would be reversed completely: they would go from the well-off children of a successful man to the disgraced children of a presumptive sleeper-cell mastermind.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

The general assured them he distinguished between the masterminds behind the uprising and soldiers ordered to carry it out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

The church had previous accused successive governments of failing to identify the masterminds behind the bombings.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

Matt and Ross Duffer, the sibling masterminds behind Netflix’s juggernaut, discussed Vol.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

Adam Foltz, one of the masterminds of those very same Wisconsin maps.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025

You can't expect two masterminds like us to pig it in that room downstairs.

From Mike and Psmith by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

And then in 2024 he masterminded the Kursk attack -- the first sustained foreign incursion into Russia since WWII.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

A whole new genre of celebrity divorce: Slate’s Scaachi Koul considers how Bunnie Xo, an archetypical “Cool Girl,” seems to have masterminded a new strategy for getting divorced in the public eye.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026

By comparison, the total illegal profit from the insider-trading scheme masterminded by hedge-fund titan Raj Rajaratnam was $53.8 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

The stunt, masterminded by director Jamie Lloyd, drew huge crowds to the concourse outside the theatre every night, and Zegler's performance was live streamed on a big screen to the audience inside the theatre.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

In addition to collaborating on the company’s games, he masterminded all of their early marketing campaigns and shareware distribution schemes, with astounding results.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Ramírez considered herself one of the creative directors of the cohort, masterminding video shoots and making sure their social media marketing stayed consistent with the festival’s branding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

They square the circle of Swift masterminding a full-scale trolling of media and fans while simultaneously hosting a cotton-candy celebrity circus where an awkward wallflower finally, triumphantly blooms.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Interim boss Carrick is making his case for the permanent job after masterminding an impressive turnaround since Ruben Amorim was sacked in January.

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

Low is alleged to have gained his wealth after masterminding a scheme to steal billions from 1Malaysia Development Bhd., or 1MDB, a Malaysian sovereign-wealth fund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

The boss of a sock-making company has been ordered to pay back more than £90m after masterminding a huge tax fraud.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025