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
China called on Thursday for criminal associates of accused scam boss Chen Zhi to surrender voluntarily in return for lighter sentences, after their alleged ringleader was extradited from Cambodia.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
Teddy, the ringleader, is sure he can prove it.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025
A person wearing a chicken suit and stylized American-flag cape appeared to be the ringleader.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Now the ringleader is pinned facedown in the dugout dirt.
From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin
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