behave
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The British actor, who debuted in Game of Thrones aged 11 and uses they/them pronouns, says they had consciously decided not to behave like a stereotypical teenager after hearing criticisms from adults.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Some companies seem to agree, even though there are no regulations that directly address this issue, giving boards some discretion about how to behave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
As much as we like to think that adults will behave responsibly, you run the risk of the tenant/landlord saying, “I lost $100.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
Among them was the academy’s annual summer party, themed after 18th-century Georgian pleasure gardens — Britain’s oil-lamp-lit outdoor venues where aristocrats, the newly rich and everyday revelers gathered to see, be seen and behave badly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
She knew she should behave, not draw any more attention to herself.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Weights refer to calculations or rules governing how an AI system behaves.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
At times it behaves like a precocious child: headstrong and resistant to parental intervention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Even a well-stocked farmers market rarely behaves like a supermarket organized around a recipe’s demands.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
The findings provide a clearer microscopic explanation for how resistance behaves in low-density metals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Actually, that’s unfair to Harlow, who behaves like a perfect angel.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
The implication is always the same: If only young people behaved differently, the industry would be fine.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Howe has high hopes for “The Body,” about badly behaved Catholic school girls who have prophetic visions after a dance team initiation goes awry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The development punctuates a series of disclosures of incidents in which advanced AI models escaped from testing environments and behaved in unforeseen ways, raising questions about companies’ abilities to constrain their increasingly capable creations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
He behaved in a way utterly at odds to their expectations of a funeral director.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The Red Cow was very respectable, she always behaved like a perfect lady and she knew What was What.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
Wall Street was especially tuned to July’s report because Fed officials have grown sensitive to data suggesting the economy isn’t behaving as they expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
A 63-year-old man has been found guilty of harassing the Labour MP for Walthamstow after preventing her from leaving a Tube carriage and behaving in an "abusive and aggressive" manner.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Birds and insects may even begin behaving as though night has arrived.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Birds and other animals, bewildered by unforeseen night, start behaving strangely.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 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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