ringmaster
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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
Mr Hayes was accused of being the "ringmaster" of an international fraud conspiracy to influence these rates to benefit the banks' trading.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
She’s a seasoned TV host, having helmed “Not Safe with Nikki Glaser” on Comedy Central and playing the ringmaster on “FBoy Island.”
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 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 if the ringmasters are in blue, it's those in green playing the sad clown.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2023
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
One player who has ready wit is chosen to be ringmaster, or there may be different showmen or ringmasters for each group of animals.
From Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
