behave
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"Once you're being paid by the public purse to represent them, you've got a duty to behave in a certain way," Kenyon said.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
I caught the bug not by reading code but by noticing that the output didn’t match how a rational retiree should behave.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
The unexpected result highlights how unusual materials like twisted bilayer graphene may behave very differently from traditional superconductors.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Some of the most powerful people on Earth still behave like they’re stuck in that headspace.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
“But what,” said she, after a pause, “can have been his motive? What can have induced him to behave so cruelly?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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