Example Sentences

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It was not born of a street movement, nor did it emerge into a moment of anti-incumbent fury.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025

Yet soon he will be just another incumbent, in an anti-incumbent world.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2025

Jeffries told MSNBC: “We can’t be hysterical in our assessment that this was some anti-incumbent wave.”

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2024

For more established candidates, the negative messaging may come from a place of desperation: Even before the controversy consumed City Hall early in October, an anti-incumbent mood seemed to have settled over Los Angeles.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2022

They’re sailing into an election that is anti-incumbent, anti-the-past, and desperately looking for someone future-oriented.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2016