ringleader
Example Sentences
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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
In “The Hunting Wives,” Brittany Snow stars as Sophie O’Neil, an ex-Bostonian housewife who gets pulled into the world of Malin Akerman’s socialite ringleader Margo Banks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
Beijing has also called Chen "the ringleader of a major cross-border gambling and fraud criminal syndicate", and Cambodia deported him to China last week.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO—Scott Wiener, the soft-spoken, 6-foot-7 ringleader of California’s Yimby movement, really, really wants to be the next Nancy Pelosi.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
A girl named Ayako, who was the ringleader, hadn’t spoken yet.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
