gotta have
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Yet the lesson White House adviser Stephen Miller seems to have taken from border success is akin to Christopher Walken’s in the famous SNL skit: “I gotta have more cowbell.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Here, the aliens have become more assertive: “Ow, we need the funk / We gotta have that funk.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
"That's what it comes down to -- just going out there executing those gotta have plays and we made plays tonight."
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 2025
“That’s what you gotta have, man. You gotta have tough guys to play through stuff if you want to win at this level.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2025
“I gotta have a tall stool or a step- ladder or something. Then I could do the top kitchen cabinets, too.”
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
