or else
Example Sentences
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The trust may specify that all the beneficiaries have to agree to any changes, or that a panel has to concur that certain conditions are met, or else a court may have to find malfeasance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Mr. Theroux is deliciously dyspeptic, and he describes present-day books of travel as “lazy and imitative, celebrating the encroaching triviality of popular culture, or else unreadable for their flatulence and frivolity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
My mother came out with me, Louis came out with me, my sister came out with me, and it was incredibly true: I had to be working or else I would die.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
He added: "We need to understand how this breach could occur, or else risk it being repeated."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“You can go on and play for a while, but you’d better stay where I can see you or else you’re going to be holding my hand next.”
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
