ringleader
Example Sentences
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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
Investigators first became suspicious when the septuagenarian ringleader attempted to sell two supposedly original paintings by Picasso on the art market.
From BBC
Teddy, the ringleader, is sure he can prove it.
From Los Angeles Times
A person wearing a chicken suit and stylized American-flag cape appeared to be the ringleader.
Gil, her charismatic, not-yet-divorced boss, was not just the manager but the ringleader of a group of friends who referred to him as “Mr. Fun.”
From Los Angeles Times
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