ringleader

First baseman Chick Gandil was the ringleader, while star pitcher Eddie Cicotte was the key figure.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

“It’s a workplace comedy but because of those two it takes on a whole other life,” said their mutual friend John McKeever, whose ringleader roles on“Tires” include head writer, director, editor and cast member.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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

The State has not been looking for a third person, a ringleader for this crime, because I think they recognize that this person doesn't exist.”

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

The BBC's Politics Investigations Correspondent, Billy Kenber, joined members of the Home Office Immigration Enforcement team as they looked to arrest the group's suspected ringleaders on Tuesday morning.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Energy Transfer identified two U.S.-based Greenpeace entities and the umbrella group Greenpeace International as the ringleaders responsible for the pipeline fiasco.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Two 45-year-old Iraqi Kurds identified as the ringleaders of the smuggling network received the heaviest terms -- 12 and 15 years -- over the deaths of seven Afghans trying to reach the English coast.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

There is a risk that smuggling networks are replaced the moment some ringleaders are arrested.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2024

True to form, the Durham police focused on the protest’s white participants, assuming them to be the ringleaders, and arrested Carl Hickey, a twenty-one-year-old Duke Divinity School student, and Gordon Carey.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson