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have no choice

VERB
bite the bullet
Synonyms
WEAK
be forced bow to fate cross the Rubicon face the music know no alternative leap into the breach pay the piper seize the opportunity stand up and take it suck it up swallow the pill take it take one's medicine take the rap
VERB
must
Synonyms
STRONG
have need
WEAK
be compelled be destined be directed be doomed be driven be made be necessitated be obliged be one's fate be ordered be required got to have got to have to must needs pushed to the wall

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Since many ports lack the grid infrastructure to power so many energy-guzzling ships, and emission-capture technology is embryonic, ships may have no choice but to pay the fines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

"We have no choice but negotiations, because the alternative is war, which would be very costly for us," Aoun added.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Many people have no choice but to pay more.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

"What people don't know about me is that I don't actually want to be in the limelight. The way my career is going, I just have no choice."

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

I cry right through it because I have no choice, and it’s like choking.

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead

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