no alternative
Example Sentences
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“This is Me” also depicts her mother, former soap actress Lesley Vogel, as demanding her daughter’s absolute best at every step in her career and leaving her with no alternative path.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026
"But in the absence of Eltoukhy and Rosen, both billionaires, agreeing to pay what they owe, we have no alternative but to take all legal steps to protect our interests."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
A key winner was Qatar, which had no alternative for exporting its liquefied natural gas and had refused Tehran’s demands for permission and payments to use the Iranian channel, some of the officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
This may prove to be the coercive factor that finally gives Putin no alternative but to come to the negotiating table and end the war.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 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
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