ringmaster

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

That meant that he was seen as the undoubted ringmaster of rock excess - a career defining reputation that stayed with him right to the end.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2025

He has ringmaster written all over him, from the scarlet coat and white jodhpurs to the top hat and waxed curled moustache.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

On Tuesday, the British band are taking to the stage in Cardiff as they return with their rebooted Circus Live tour, complete with acrobats, ringmasters, tightrope walkers, and even a mechanical elephant.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

And the ringmasters for the last 45 years have been the Buss family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 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

In previous episodes one might have called out the ringmasters, Heilemann especially, for hamming it up — a quality political junkies who watch “The Circus” may find either entertaining or irritating.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2018

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 Bancroft, Jessie Hubbell