ringleader

Example Sentences

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The alleged ringleader, Alan Carrillo, was charged with theft and “altering, planting or concealing evidence.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Beijing has also called Chen "the ringleader of a major cross-border gambling and fraud criminal syndicate", and Cambodia deported him to China last week.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO—Scott Wiener, the soft-spoken, 6-foot-7 ringleader of California’s Yimby movement, really, really wants to be the next Nancy Pelosi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Investigators first became suspicious when the septuagenarian ringleader attempted to sell two supposedly original paintings by Picasso on the art market.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

Now the ringleader is pinned facedown in the dugout dirt.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin