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
There is also something less expected: tears, especially from ringleader Johnny Knoxville.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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
The alleged ringleader, Alan Carrillo, was charged with theft and “altering, planting or concealing evidence.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
I’m not trying to be a ringleader or anything, but if I hadn’t started this whole thing, we wouldn’t be in this boat.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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
Tech stocks were at the forefront, with familiar ringleaders Nvidia and Super Micro Computer again pulling the market higher.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 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
They demanded the names of the adult ringleaders.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
