gotta have
Example Sentences
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That’s a miracle — we gotta have a party.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
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
“I gotta have my mom’s cooking, though. I can’t live without it.”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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