ringleader

“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

In December, a court in the US also sentenced Oluwaseun Adekoya, a Nigerian ringleader of nationwide bank fraud and money-laundering conspiracies, to 20 years in prison for laundering over $2m.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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

In “The Hunting Wives,” Brittany Snow stars as Sophie O’Neil, an ex-Bostonian housewife who gets pulled into the world of Malin Akerman’s socialite ringleader Margo Banks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

My Uncle Emmanuel—the ringleader of these jokes—smiles at me.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

Reuss and another suspect, a former paratrooper, are alleged to have been the group’s ringleaders.

From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024

The ringleaders of this school are Descriptivists: they describe how language actually is used rather than prescribing how it ought to be used.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker