How to Use have (got) to go in a Sentence

have (got) to go

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  • Health, age, and ethnicity are major factors that come into play, and once all that checks out, donors then have to go through with the donation process—and over half of them back out when called upon.
    Pia Velasco, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But did the two of you have to go to bat to keep that scene?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Does the judge have to go along with the D.A.’s request?
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
  • But when the Fox folk have to go to court: Whaddathey got?
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Feb. 2024
  • If one of those amendments should pass, the bill would have to go back to the House.
    James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
  • And guess who's going to have to go fight in those wars?
    CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The resolutions would have to go to the full House for a vote.
    Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • Imagine having a wife and child who have to go through the same thing.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023
  • A lot of phases of the game to have to go out there and play, our defense played well.
    Chris Vogt, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Do users have to go through hoops to find opt-out settings?
    Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 12 July 2024
  • The main thing any of us have to go on when choosing a project is the quality of the script.
    Vulture, 12 Apr. 2023
  • What about our sons that are going to have to go off to war at some point.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The Rams would have to go on a whale of a run to play themselves back into the picture.
    Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • There's a lot of steps that have to go perfectly right for all that to work.
    CBS News, 2 June 2024
  • The kind of person who might have to go to Panorama City for a restaurant.
    Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Looking for something to do before the kids have to go back to school?
    Diamy Wang, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2024
  • What about all of the people that have to go to to the restaurant and make your food, and deliver your food?
    Umar Shakir, The Verge, 19 Oct. 2023
  • No family at all should have to go through that, at all.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
  • As one of the host nations, the U.S. doesn’t have to go through qualifying.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
  • No one should ever have to go through something like that.
    Emily Robertson, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Guests don't have to go all out with their soda creations.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The paths to the summit are becoming longer, as climbers have to go around risky cracks and fissures.
    Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Under the new law, One Metro West won’t have to go before voters to get built.
    Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 25 June 2024
  • Having hit those highs, where else does the young internet icon have to go?
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2023
  • That would have to go through Congress and survive the mother of all budget fights.
    Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Much to his relief, Richard Goodman didn’t have to go out in a boat to nab his wide-mouthed quarry.
    Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Body shaming is a terrible thing, and no girl should have to go through that — or guy.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Plus your children will not have to go through the tedious process of obtaining a visa.
    Nathalie Goldstein, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • But the Mustangs still have to go out and actually show it.
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The former Henderson State standout has played Pleasant Valley numerous times and said players will have to go low this week to be competitive.
    Robert Yates, arkansasonline.com, 24 Oct. 2024

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