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behave

[bih-heyv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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On that measure, which some use to predict how stocks will behave in the future, even a nearly 19-year high in the longest-term U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

"He would play heavy metal first thing in the morning at 6am on the days when he would behave badly," she said.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Couples can still behave in ways that defy what the models suggest.

From Science Daily Sep. 7, 2026

It is difficult to predict how much one dollar will be worth decades from now and how the market will behave in a given year.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

If you ever do, you should behave as you would if you met an enraged rhinoceros out in the bush—climb up the nearest tree and stay there until it has gone away.

From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl

In this version of the story, A.I. stops being a tool and acts as a being that behaves in accordance with its own worldview.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki acknowledged there was still uncertainty about how a new model behaves once released.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

For cosmology, gravity determines how matter behaves across enormous distances.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

Rather than treating wrinkles only as imperfections, researchers may be able to use them as functional features whose geometry helps determine how electricity behaves.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

Hoping your face behaves, not letting it betray anything.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

The Indian Ocean has increasingly behaved differently from what would normally be expected based on conditions in the Pacific, a change that researchers have linked to climate warming.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

Matthew Roberts, defending him, said he was of "clean character" and "well behaved" before the incident.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Warsh set aside one of the better arguments for patience when he dismissed moderate growth in wages, which in the Fed’s conventional models is a sign inflation should be better behaved over time.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

"So far, I think Russia's behaved quite well, having to do with the Strait of Hormuz," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

She had behaved in exactly the same way, before Sister Gladys introduced her to underpants.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

That’s what “nuclear deterrence” is all about; the possession of nuclear weapons deters others from behaving aggressively.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2026

For still others, 9/11 remains most powerfully a story about innocent lives lost and ordinary people behaving with extraordinary courage.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

His team also tracked adult cuttlefish numbers during the dive survey, and said the dozen or so they saw - when there should have been tens of thousands - appeared to be behaving differently.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

“We’re more tolerant, players are behaving better and coaches are doing a good job in education,” Crittendon said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

They’re behaving like a bunch of little mice, thought Ralph.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary




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