ringmaster
noun
ring·mas·ter
ˈriŋ-ˌma-stər 
: one in charge of performances in a ring (as of a circus)
broadly
: a supervisor or moderator especially of a performance or presentation
the ringmaster of a talk show
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And one of them, the cynical ringmaster who orchestrated this disaster, died in prison, a fitting end for a terrible, terrible man: Shelly Silver.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 May 2024
In the original Broadway production 40 years ago, George Rose played the show’s ubiquitous narrator/host, known only as Chairman of the Music Hall Royale, as a boisterous ringmaster.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Just last week, Republican congressional legislators showed themselves to be domesticated circus cats cowering at the snap of ringmaster Trump’s whip.
—Dennis Aftergut, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2024
This three-ring-circus is orchestrated by ringmaster President Biden with border czar Kamala Harris and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandor Mayorkas in the other rings yelling the border is closed, the border is secure.
—For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2024
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 17 May 2024
In the original Broadway production 40 years ago, George Rose played the show’s ubiquitous narrator/host, known only as Chairman of the Music Hall Royale, as a boisterous ringmaster.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
Just last week, Republican congressional legislators showed themselves to be domesticated circus cats cowering at the snap of ringmaster Trump’s whip.
—Dennis Aftergut, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2024
This three-ring-circus is orchestrated by ringmaster President Biden with border czar Kamala Harris and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandor Mayorkas in the other rings yelling the border is closed, the border is secure.
—For Carroll County Times, Baltimore Sun, 18 Feb. 2024
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ringmaster
noun
ring·mas·ter
ˈriŋ-ˌmas-tər
: one in charge of performances in a ring (as of a circus)
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