gotta have
Example Sentences
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Of his own ejection in the fourth quarter, Lee added: "I gotta have a little bit better emotional control in that moment."
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 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
Here, the aliens have become more assertive: “Ow, we need the funk / We gotta have that funk.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
"You've got the pressure of 'we've gotta have some bangers here, we're in the pop industry'," she says.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
“Earl says you gotta have money for food. You’re lucky I’m giving you the coffee.”
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
