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But a quarter of a century on, the trial of its alleged mastermind is yet to begin and families of those killed fear that time for justice to be delivered is running out.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

“He wasn’t the mastermind behind this ... he was following orders just like everybody else was.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

A supply-chain mastermind, he is more likely to be touring manufacturing plants than spending time in Apple’s design studio.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

Over two decades, Redzepi has come to embody the institution, serving as both its mastermind and frontman—the equivalent, in Formula One terms, of Ferrari’s Frédéric Vasseur and Charles Leclerc rolled into one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“Theodore Finch. Are you the mastermind behind this?”

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

The cute but destructive rodents are criminal masterminds, easily circumventing humans’ meager defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Sheikh Hamad was one of the key masterminds behind modern Qatar and had taken power from his father in June 1995 in a bloodless coup.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

The church had previous accused successive governments of failing to identify the masterminds behind the bombings.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

Ross and Matt Duffer, the sibling masterminds behind Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” are closer to finding out if they’ve achieved that in the eyes of the show’s fans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025

The boy who had thought of a mouse to turn his windmill had thought out some of the sublimest things in nature, and was henceforward to rank as one of the few masterminds of science.

From Famous Men of Science by Sarah K. Bolton

And then in 2024 he masterminded the Kursk attack -- the first sustained foreign incursion into Russia since WWII.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

A whole new genre of celebrity divorce: Slate’s Scaachi Koul considers how Bunnie Xo, an archetypical “Cool Girl,” seems to have masterminded a new strategy for getting divorced in the public eye.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026

By comparison, the total illegal profit from the insider-trading scheme masterminded by hedge-fund titan Raj Rajaratnam was $53.8 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Having now masterminded Ecuador's turnaround at the World Cup, the 45-year-old has perhaps achieved the biggest feat of his managerial career.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Howard had masterminded a situation that made refusal costly.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

On Wednesday, Maltese tycoon Yorgen Fenech, who had been accused of masterminding it, was acquitted by a court in Valletta.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

She defended Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, who were indicted for masterminding two of the biggest leaks of intelligence secrets in U.S. history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

Whoever Benfica draw, few would rule out Mourinho masterminding something special at the Bernabeu or San Siro.

From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2026

The latest person to let down her guard was Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff who is credited with masterminding Trump’s 2024 win, and who has a reputation for discretion.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025

Low is alleged to have gained his wealth after masterminding a scheme to steal billions from 1Malaysia Development Bhd., or 1MDB, a Malaysian sovereign-wealth fund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025