no alternative

Example Sentences

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In a statement Hearts said its entire staff had no alternative but to leave immediately, without undertaking post-match media duties.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Judge Petts said Kershaw had harmed people's trust in bank and building society staff and he had no alternative but to send her straight to prison.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

“However, the sudden and sustained rise in fuel prices in recent weeks ultimately has left us with no alternative but to pursue an orderly wind-down of the Company.”

From Slate • May 5, 2026

But skyrocketing jet fuel prices since the start of the Middle East war "left us with no alternative but to pursue an orderly wind-down of the Company," Davis said in the press release.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

If he was alive—and he had to be, there was no alternative for me—the League would bring him in.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken