bad habit
Example Sentences
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Drug-trial results are driving share prices: For much of the past four years, biotech stocks had the bad habit of selling off even after the release of positive drug-trial data.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025
"The future is food, not a bad habit," he tells the BBC at his warehouse in Harare.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
Though he yielded only one hit, the recently streaking right-hander fell back into a bad habit of being “too fine,” as manager Dave Roberts described it, with his command.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
And that collective bad habit isn’t just one that applies to young people, either.
From Salon • Jan. 1, 2025
Her grandfather, Esteban Trueba, did not approve of this bad habit.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
