behave
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"If you behave badly and don't leave my family in peace then I'll be gone, I'll just turn away," Klopp said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Those are traits that help define a psychopath, someone who lives among us but doesn’t have the empathy and ethics necessary to behave in a civilized, or even safe, fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
What’s more, the toxic chemicals in smoke damage lung-cell DNA, which acts like an instruction manual telling the cells how to behave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
In fact, he has already done so, and leaders around the world know this, and seemingly behave accordingly.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
I knew how to behave at a party, and especially one for birthdays.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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“Unless Starlink behaves very aggressively, the Big 3 will probably not provide an MVNO.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Bitcoin may benefit from demand for assets operating outside conventional financial channels, but during sudden geopolitical shocks it often behaves like a high-risk technology investment, leaving it vulnerable to rapid selling when investors reduce exposure.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
In the new study, Zhou and colleagues used super-resolution imaging on neurons grown in the laboratory and found that the MPS behaves more like a cellular traffic controller, regulating all major forms of endocytosis.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
What makes whipped cottage cheese especially useful is that it behaves less like a “health swap” and more like a base sauce.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 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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Still, the pickup in price pressures across the economy in the quarter wasn’t particularly broad-based, with measures of core inflation still well behaved, said Abhijit Surya, senior economist at Capital Economics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Instead, the most important difference appeared to be how the cells behaved.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
The boy's parents did not immediately seek medical attention due to their son not having any visible injuries and not thinking the bat behaved erratically, the journal states.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Sen. Ted Cruz says without irony that “the framers were worried that we would have an executive that behaved like a king.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
They all behaved as though they were happy, “Take your seat and get out your pencil and notepad, and place your book bag beneath your desk,” the teacher instructed.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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People are staying home, she says, because of bleak economics, dating apps, streaming services and the fear of being caught behaving badly on camera phones—all leading to a sharp decline in nightlife.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
One way a court can handle rumors of interpersonal bickering is to stop behaving badly in public sessions.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
But increasingly, many hot AI stocks are behaving like bitcoin was supposed to behave, Varma said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
He does not appear to be covered in excrement as officers had claimed and he is not behaving erratically as he is led to the shower room.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Do you ever feel bad or guilty for not behaving the way the group says you should?”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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