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
My Uncle Emmanuel—the ringleader of these jokes—smiles at me.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Police said they detained 57 Cambodian suspects and eight Chinese "ringleaders" at the office on Tuesday night.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
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
Reuss and another suspect, a former paratrooper, are alleged to have been the group’s ringleaders.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2024
"From where do we start to change the country? The ringleaders don't get caught," says Luz María, Christian's mother.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2023
Sam and Lige and Walter were the ringleaders of the mule-talkers.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
