incumbent
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AfCRA is not just a response to "Africa's unhappiness with the incumbent players", Hannah Wanjie Ryder, chief executive of consultancy Development Reimagined, told a recent seminar organised by the Chatham House think tank.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
“It’s incumbent upon Russia to obviously share more information with the world,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday during a visit to Iceland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“The generational shift isn’t just about whether you’re an incumbent or a challenger,” Mockler said.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
The incumbent, veteran left-wing leader Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva, will be challenged by 11 candidates, the most prominent of whom is right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
He would have felt it incumbent on him to supply his granddaughter with clothes if she were indecently clad or if she were ragged or cold, but not to marry in.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
“So the safer ground for PAC giving is to support incumbents who are likely to win. That’s just the safer strategy.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Republican incumbents Ken Calvert and Young Kim are facing off to keep their seats in Congress and represent California’s 40th District.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The accusations prompted the incumbents, including Rodriguez, to release their own video on the city’s Instagram account, reiterating the city’s response.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
At worst, the exemption is a Trojan horse: a vehicle to insulate incumbents from competition while doing far more than coordinate on safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
When Faye came down from Sacramento and opened her house there was a flurry of animosity from the two incumbents.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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