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• Some guys have got to figure out how to chase out of the zone less.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2023
• Harry Styles and Nick Kroll have got to be one of the best bromances to come out of 2022.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2022
• Harry Potter’s eight movies must have got a lot of clicks.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
• Some guys have got to figure out how to make contact better.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2023
• But in order to achieve that, Republicans have got to work with Democrats.
  — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023
• Shaun the Sheep and friends have got to help an alien find her way home after a crash landing near Mossy Bottom Farm in a romp that's fun for the whole family.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 13 Feb. 2023
• And Democrats and Republicans have got to come together to make sure that doesn't happen.
  — CBS News, 26 Nov. 2023
• The Suns have got to figure that out, but Deandre Ayton isn’t a guy who initiates contact to get the whistle.
  — Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2023
• If the wind had been blowing a slightly different direction, we might have got hit.
  — Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
• Well, the 49ers have got a Pro Bowl quarterback in a record-setting Purdy, and a tremendous supporting cast that is healthy and hungry.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
• But the Rangers have got to feel swell when their $185 million ace (with a recent track record of injury) can put the wellness discussion to bed with relative ease.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2023
• People who’ve been staring at screens through the pandemic and have got a bit scatty are unlikely to pass our threshold.
  — Nancy Doyle, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
• While the majority of New York’s priciest neighborhoods have got a little less expensive of late, that’s not the case for the costliest one.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 5 May 2023
• The Suns have got to make the adjustments to Jokic, but with Aaron Gordon, that’s a different situation.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
• Celtic have got a head start on their Scottish Premiership rivals, but other Scottish sides are catching on to the potential of Asia.
  — Steve Price, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2023
• True, manufacturers have got into the habit of revealing their top devices at their own events—but there was still plenty of new tech to tout at MWC 2023.
  — Andrew Williams, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2023
• So, the communities themselves have got to take some ownership and cool down this violence.
  — Heather Gann | [e-mail], al, 20 Jan. 2023
• And there have got to be some corporate bean counters grousing about the new corporate minimum tax that the law imposes.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023
• People in my line of work have got to be very humble about our predictive capabilities.
  — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2022
• Arsenal have got the job done so far in the Champions League.
  — Will Jeanes, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
• These guys [at Paramount] have got to make money too.
  — Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2026
• There's people who have got eight of nine pillows.
  — Melody Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
• Other guys have got to make some shots.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
• Your current thoughts, words and actions have got you here.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025