incumbent
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Lula's campaign also complained that Gemini, Google's AI tool, attributed false statements to the incumbent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
“In the current environment, we find it increasingly difficult to justify an outperform rating on incumbent operators, even at discounted prices, as volatility seem inevitable,” Yoon wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 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
Melat Kiros in Denver unseated a long-term incumbent.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
It was incumbent, thereafter, on each and every child to live up to that legacy.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
“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
But, he added, those incumbents feel “like two phones awkwardly stuck together.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 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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