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Brin, a friend of Gov. Gavin Newsom since the Democrat was mayor of San Francisco, has been moving rightward recently.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
In terms of policy, he emphasized a rightward shift.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
But his district, the 28th, has a significant population of Hispanic and/or Latino voters and has become more Republican in recent years as those groups have trended rightward.
From Slate • May 7, 2024
His politics drifted rightward, and his posting schedule ramped up.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2022
The next four constructions allow a writer to shift a phrase rightward when it is too heavy or too newsworthy to be taking up space in the middle of a sentence.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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