go without

Example Sentences

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They're also trained on survival techniques so that they can go without food or water, or find resources from the local terrain, for as long as possible, Kavanagh said.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Whatever you do, don’t go without liability insurance.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026

Kurt Barrow, who heads oil, fuel, and chemicals at S&P Global Energy, told Barron’s the world is entering “an availability crisis” in which some countries will have to go without oil.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

When I explained this to a Muslim friend, he replied that it “kinda sounds like diet Ramadan”—which demands that Muslims go without food or drink from sunup to sundown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Land went from being accessible to all to being private property where no one could go without permission from the owners.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz