ringmaster
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He is hired by the owner and ringmaster August Rosenbluth, but complications ensue when Jacob falls for August’s wife, Marlena, as they work together to train a stubborn elephant named Rosie for their star act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Behind the seeming anarchy of Monty Python, Terry Jones played the part of ingenious ringmaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 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
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And the ringmasters for the last 45 years have been the Buss family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
Jones and Wayans have both served as game show ringmasters.
From Salon ● Dec. 9, 2022
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
She was inspired not only by historical photographs of clowns and ringmasters, but also by the boldness and flair of the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” outfits.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2016
"Huh!" says I. "One of these fam'ly ringmasters, is he?"
From Torchy, Private Sec. by F. Foster Lincoln