or else
Example Sentences
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"They gnaw everything except metal. Because of the mice, we had to eat all food products except canned food quickly, or else the mice would destroy them all."
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Most members of his Cabinet were forced out under pressure — fired, in other words — or else they resigned in protest.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
The company needs “a compelling new iPhone offering this year,” he said, or else it “could see declining iPhone sales starting at some point in the fourth quarter.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
The rest is believed to be under Fordow, and possibly damaged, or else at the above ground Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant and likely destroyed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
“I already did. The waitress was wrong, or else, that was the big storm last night.”
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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