mustn't
AmericanUsage
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Example Sentences
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I’m sad that I mustn’t climb tall ladders anymore, per an agreement with Karen.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb was also quoted as saying: "We mustn't leave Ukraine and Volodymyr alone with these guys."
From BBC
One is: We mustn’t ever get into a world where it’s got to be a genocide before we care about it.
From Slate
But Oedipus’ strengths — the keenness of his mind, his heroic commitment to truth and transparency — mustn’t be overlooked.
From Los Angeles Times
"You know, 'it mustn't happen again. We cannot inflict this on our children'. There was astonishment, a shock realisation that the war had been so much more horrible than anyone had imagined it could be."
From BBC
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