How to Use have it in a Sentence
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As fate would have it, the actor was wearing a body camera for the first time.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 July 2026
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But the more the authorities talked, the more the crowd wouldn’t have it.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
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Plus, the host notes that there’s now easily a way for a player to have it both ways.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
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Entrepreneurs need funding, investors have it, and are eager to invest.
—Henrik Landgren, Fortune, 29 July 2026
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So we’re thrilled to have it on on the platform, and looking forward to Season 2.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 8 July 2026
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At some point while roaming the store, Haaland noticed the hard-partying raccoon and had to have it.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
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After such a fire, shrubs that usually fight for scarce sunlight on the forest floor suddenly have it all day and take over.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
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Zuffa's own event page and the MSG listing both have it Sunday.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
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In this episode, Daeron lets Gwayne have it for leaving him behind with someone like Ormund.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 July 2026
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As fate would have it, Tielemans was awarded a penalty at the end of stoppage time following a video review.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 6 July 2026
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And the 2027 class should guarantee the Irish have it in future seasons.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 1 July 2026
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There is a reason that home-field or home-court advantage is such a big thing in sports and betting, and Mexico will have it tonight.
—David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
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Affairs, substance abuse, behind-the-scenes controversies, and so much more— these celebrity memoirs have it all.
—Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 6 July 2026
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So why do some of golf’s grandest names have it, while plenty of famous clubs do not, and how did a title that sounds so British end up attached to clubs around the world?
—Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 15 July 2026
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In fact, the organizers have expressly banned alcohol and drugs from the event – and the attendees wouldn’t have it any other way.
—Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
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As fate would have it, Schwarber hit 10 home runs to rank fourth — with only four hitters advancing — and only Harper yet to hit.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 14 July 2026
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Chicken, turkey, pastrami, salami — this little bodega’s sandwiches have it all.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 July 2026
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The assumption that people have it especially rough during childbirth can largely be traced back to a scientist named Adolph Schultz.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
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The panels will be paired with Savant’s smart home automation, energy management, and whole-home controls to have it all together on one platform.
—Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
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And the fans who packed the SummerStage show in Central Park—some of whom were not even born when Shaggy started making music—wouldn’t have it any other way.
—Rob Kenner, VIBE.com, 11 July 2026
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Yet 2026 is no 1912, no matter how vigorously MAGA would have it so.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
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Technology vendors claim to have it, but many buyers struggle to separate marketing fluff from real technology that delivers measurable results.
—Ross Meyercord, Forbes.com, 3 Mar. 2026
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Hearing that a single lab test did not confirm the presence of the parasite might be confusing—but one data point, like a negative test or a retraction, does not automatically mean public health investigators have it wrong.
—Lisa Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
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That’s dangerous, considering the National Institute on Aging estimates that up to 1 in 5 women 50 and up have it— in fact, 1 in 2 of these women will break a bone as a result.
—Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026
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Look At Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk While Universal’s Christopher Nolan title The Odyssey owns Imax for most of the world, Spidey gets it where Odysseus doesn’t have it — meaning China, Japan and Korea.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 July 2026
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