had it
Example Sentences
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“You can make a case a lot of things that happened after that wouldn’t happened had it not been for that 1989 team.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
On a surface that was incredibly difficult for batting, the match would have been concluded inside two days had it not been for bad weather.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
And in “Bliss,” she mourns a relationship that could have been: “What hurts the most /Is we almost had it for a moment.”
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
“I had good warmups yesterday and today, and I knew I had it in me.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
For a moment she thought she had it, the air catching beneath her wings the way it ought.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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