gotta have
Example Sentences
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“Sometimes you gotta have the number two to prove that the number one is still number one.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
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
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 it comes down to -- just going out there executing those gotta have plays and we made plays tonight."
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
Ya gotta have relations can take care of you.Ya see Minnie MacAdorey, tell her come in see me.You kids runnin’ wild.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
