gotta have

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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

“Last week big businesses were looking to buy it up. I said no, we gotta have something for our community. We want to get back to where we used to be.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 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

“A young fella like you’s gotta have somebody somewhere.”

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen