ringmaster
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Though Francesco is only a month into his journey as a traveling cast member, he pranced about the ring Wednesday with the confidence of a seasoned ringmaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Behind the seeming anarchy of Monty Python, Terry Jones played the part of ingenious ringmaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
But Johnson is nothing if not a punchy ringmaster of deadpan humor and his grab-bag mindset generates enough goodwill to appreciate the DIY brashness of it all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026
We may see Colbert play ringmaster for a future awards broadcast after “The Late Show” ends, if we’re lucky and he wants the job.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
After she cleared from the arena, the ringmaster stepped forward and lifted his hands, quelling the audience’s deafening applause.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
And the ringmasters for the last 45 years have been the Buss family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
The parade that followed the inauguration was moved indoors too, teased earlier in the day by a whole host of guests dressed like band leaders and circus ringmasters.
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025
But there was one notable absence in a room filled with would-be ringmasters, macabre clowns and more than one person capable of hanging from a hoop suspended from the ceiling.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2022
She was inspired not only by historical photographs of clowns and ringmasters, but also by the boldness and flair of the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” outfits.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2016
"Huh!" says I. "One of these fam'ly ringmasters, is he?"
From Torchy, Private Sec. by F. Foster Lincoln
