behave
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“I think he’s behaved reasonably well, and we behave reasonably well,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Because neutrons behave differently from X rays, they can expose features that may be difficult or impossible to detect with other imaging technologies.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
And if an AI system itself behaves in ways its developers did not expect, a rulebook won’t make it behave.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
For years, researchers often worked from the assumption that networks should perform more reliably when their individual parts behave as similarly as possible.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Consistently do what is right in common situations and know how to behave and dress in normal situations.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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Plus, it’s inherently funny when a body engineered to function with extreme precision behaves ineptly.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Imagine a relatively uneventful in which the Fed raises rates, explains its reasoning convincingly; Treasury yields settle; inflation expectations remain contained; the dollar behaves normally; and equities absorb the decision without disorder.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Watch the mushrooms more than the clock; a mix containing oyster mushrooms behaves differently than a pan full of white buttons.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The researchers are also testing how the device behaves at room temperature, which will be an important requirement if the technology is eventually used in practical applications.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Language, once it comes alive, behaves like an active, motile organism.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Hours later, following the Eagles’ 27-7 loss to the Bears, Sirianni expressed regret for how he behaved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
The now-retired Falcao speaks fondly of Pinto, who he says behaved just like his friends and would "go to the gym, go to McDonald's".
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
But in a short period of time, they adapted “because very quickly they saw how they behaved and they saw there was no incidents.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“This is not how Navatek behaved or conducted business before I sold the company to Martin Kao,” Loui wrote to ProPublica.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
He and Annabeth had only made it this far through Tartarus because Nico di Angelo had behaved like Bob’s true friend.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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"Now, I think it's Mediapart that needs to be told to put on its Kevlar vest, because there will obviously be a response to the way they are behaving," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Means complained in other meetings that he believed some White House officials were behaving like it was their job to help food industry lobbyists work against Kennedy’s agenda, one person said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Bass said her review would be a top-down evaluation that also scrutinizes the roles of dispatchers, supervisors and others involved in responding to reports of people behaving erratically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The goal is to make the first decisions before an emergency begins, rather than after the sea starts behaving strangely.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
They were behaving just like the voters did in the 1920 presidential election when they took one look at Warren Harding, jumped to a conclusion, and stopped thinking.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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