case of need
Example Sentences
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While All Faiths is able to redistribute its food supplies in order to feed more people in case of need, that would mean each person getting less food, she explains.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
Gen. Karel Rehka, said that the new jets would ensure “that in the case of need, we’ll manage to effectively defend ourselves against aggression, together with our allies.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023
Speaking at a financial event hosted by CNN Portugal, Centeno said such tools would only be used in case of need, "or, if well designed, could hopefully never be used at all".
From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2022
In the 1st Century BC the geographer Strabo wrote that people in Spain kept poison handy in case of need, as spies are supposed to do - and this he called "toxicon" alone.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2015
I had gotten only a few KJs from Father before he went away, which I hoped to keep in case of need.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
