behave
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As M.M. evolves from sidekick to central character, he also begins to behave more like Butcher, forcing him to wrestle with the erosion of his idealistic principles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
And, for someone with 40 million Instagram followers, she seems resolutely unbothered by other people's opinions of how she should behave.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Siri will behave more like a generative-AI chatbot with the update, on which Apple is collaborating with Google.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
"The reason we became interested in stadium waves is that, apparently, people very often behave like particles," physicist Illes Farkas told the NPR network.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
“No one expects her to behave like a grown woman yet, but she has to move into her husband’s house,” said Uncle Kufa.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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