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“It’s sort of incumbent on us to look for them.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

However, those coalitions will be tested in a presidential election without the incumbent on the ballot, a moment that is growing closer every day.

From Slate Apr. 17, 2026

“It’s incumbent on every single one of us to put our best foot forward,” he said.

From MarketWatch Nov. 20, 2025

Bill Carrick, a consultant for Harman’s 1998 campaign, agreed it’s incumbent on a rich candidate to “have something substantive to say and be able to articulate why you’re going to make people’s lives better.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2025

It seems incumbent on us to take a look.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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