behave
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"We are grown men and we know how to behave," said Joe Root.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Democratic theory tells us how to expect politicians to behave in the presence of such incentives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 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
“I know how to behave in a movie theater, actually,” he said.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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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
Researchers also say there is a lot unknown about cyclospora, which behaves differently and is more difficult to track than other foodborne bacteria like E. Coli or salmonella.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
But here’s the thing: It is the atom’s electrical charge that determines how it behaves in relationship to the atoms around it.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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“He’s so unhappy with how he’s behaved through his life,” Root says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
A theoretical model developed by Marco Schiró, Research Scientist at Collège de France, and his team supported the experimental findings and helped explain how photons behaved inside the device.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Instead, reporters sat in their black-tie attire and behaved like sycophants.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
The released model behaved as if it never learned that information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Ma Charles behaved as if she didn’t hear and that in itself was funny, but I didn’t dare crack a smile.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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Wall Street was especially tuned to this 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
When electrons are restricted to a two-dimensional plane and interact strongly enough, they can begin behaving very differently from ordinary electrons.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Birds and other animals, bewildered by unforeseen night, start behaving strangely.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Derbyshire says people can also contact police if they see anyone behaving in a dangerous way, such as lighting a bonfire that is likely to spread to a large area.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
“And now you are behaving as if you were.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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