gotta have
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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
"That's what it comes down to -- just going out there executing those gotta have plays and we made plays tonight."
From Barron's ● Nov. 27, 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
I gotta have Mateo’s back, and I also have Aimee on the brain.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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