have got to

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“Things have got to change,” says Todd Snitchler, CEO of the Electric Power Supply Association, a trade group representing power producers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“It is a place where people have got to know us not as famous people but as neighbors, friends, parents. I really treasure our friendships here because they have substance,” Steenburgen added.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

“We have got to put some guard rails around them,” Barrocas said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

She says: "She sat me down and she told me, 'I have got to tell you something. He is not who he says he is'."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“This is unavoidable,” his voice seemed to say; “this is what we have got to do, unflinchingly. But this is not what we shall be doing when life is worth living again.”

From "1984" by George Orwell