How to Use have a problem with in a Sentence
have a problem with
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Skinner does have a problem with drops and his lack of strength.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
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But the eighth-grade bully can have a problem with a sixth grader.
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
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Whittingham didn’t have a problem with how that part played out.
—Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
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Poland does not have a problem with this, no more than any other nation does.
—Colin Millar, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
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Hitters who played with the clock in the minors this year did not seem to have a problem with it.
—Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2022
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Your gift giver appears not to have a problem with the bully.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
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The Suns have a problem with the way things are setting in the West.
—Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2024
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This is yet another poll that shows Democrats have a problem with their base.
—Elena Moore, NPR, 19 Nov. 2025
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There's one more thing that students have a problem with lately—going to class.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 29 Dec. 2022
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One man who doesn’t have a problem with that, though, is Warren Buffett.
—Peter Vanham, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2023
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Ramirez seemed to have a problem with Anderson’s tag, and the two players put up their dukes.
—Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 5 Aug. 2023
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Sydney just doubles down on her lie, even as Maria notes that no one else in the house seems to have a problem with her.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
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Address issues concerning anyone who lives with or near you who may have a problem with your plans.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 30 July 2024
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If parents have a problem with your intervention in that regard – too bad.
—Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2022
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Seattle’s defense had stiffened over the team’s last three games and shouldn’t have a problem with the Raiders at home.
—David Hill, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2022
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Luckily, Patel doesn’t have a problem with this way of thinking.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2024
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Some didn’t approve of feeding the alligator, but most commenters didn’t seem to have a problem with it.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
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Jessica just assumed that everyone already knew and didn’t have a problem with it.
—Nico Lang, Them, 9 Aug. 2024
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No one seems to have a problem with the way Instagram flooded Threads to get those record signup numbers.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023
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America doesn’t just have a problem with a lack of teachers and a lack of teacher diversity.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023
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Officers appear to have a problem with the first dose of Narcan and are heard asking for a second.
—Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
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Children are unlikely to have a problem with the amount of storage on the Colorsoft.
—PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025
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The majority of Americans did not have a problem with his racist remarks.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 6 Nov. 2024
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Individuals do not have to have a problem with substance misuse to receive mental health care.
—Jessica Van Egeren, Journal Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2024
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France does have a problem with young people, said Jonathan Miller in The Spectator.
—Harriet Marsden, theweek, 26 Apr. 2024
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Saban doesn’t have a problem with adding an extra SEC game in 2024.
—Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 6 Mar. 2023
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Does the subordinate have a problem with holding the retreat in their common meeting spaces?
—Roxane Gay, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
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A couple of prominent college basketball analysts don’t seem to have a problem with it.
—Greg Rajan, Houston Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2026
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Congress and President Biden have a problem with a looming deadline to raise the debt ceiling.
—Greg Ip, wsj.com, 4 May 2023
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Allgaier, who won the first two stages and led a race-high 79 laps, didn’t have a problem with crew chief Jim Pohlman’s strategic call.
—Reid Spencer, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
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