gotta have
Example Sentences
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It means if you go to Kenny Chesney, you gotta have the hat — the girls have to have the cut-offs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026
Of his own ejection in the fourth quarter, Lee added: "I gotta have a little bit better emotional control in that moment."
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 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
“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
“Seriously, it’s more complicated than you think. You gotta have a little know-how and you gotta develop your own style.”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
