ringleader
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With the garish gusto of a WWE wrestler, Tucker’s entrance as the ringleader of the show “Stamptown” electrifies the stage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Aliyu's report of the incident to the police prompted what the commissioner described as an "intelligence-driven operation" that led to the arrest of the alleged ringleader and subsequently the other suspects.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Prosecutors allege that an Indonesian woman named Lie Siu Luan, who is among those on trial, is the ringleader.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
There is also something less expected: tears, especially from ringleader Johnny Knoxville.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
Since I was the ringleader, he’d try to distract me by asking what skills I was learning in gymnastics.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
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Chhay Sinarith, the senior minister, has said authorities have raided more than 250 scam centers and launched legal cases against some 750 alleged ringleaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
Police said they detained 57 Cambodian suspects and eight Chinese "ringleaders" at the office on Tuesday night.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
The Secretariat of the Commission for Combating Cybercrime said Cambodian courts handled 37 major cases between 2025 and mid-January 2026, resulting in the conviction of 172 ringleaders and accomplices.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
Four defendants described as ringleaders were sentenced to between five years and nine months and eight years in jail by a court in western Germany.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
Eleven men were accused of being ringleaders in the fracas and arrested.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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