ringleader
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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will set out on Monday the legal steps she will take to deport the freed ringleader of a Rochdale grooming gang.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Ms. Allen adds credibility to these theories, however, by piecing together Richmond’s likely role as the ringleader of the cohort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The ringleader ended up pleading guilty and being sentenced to more than 10 years in prison; the other three received sentences ranging from 18 months to five years.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026
At a recent show the ringleader wore a red dirndl with gray knee socks and black ankle boots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2026
The ringleader had made a dash for it and was trying to climb over a wall.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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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
Tech stocks were at the forefront, with familiar ringleaders Nvidia and Super Micro Computer again pulling the market higher.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024
The two SFJ ringleaders were also formally labeled as “terrorists” by India in 2020, with the government requesting that Interpol issue a “red notice” for Pannun’s arrest; the international policing body declined to do so.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2023
Eleven men were accused of being ringleaders in the fracas and arrested.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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