behave
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But he quickly reconsidered the second option, as it would require players to behave "by the book".
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
“It’s rarely actually useful to diagnose anyone because we’re so complex, and people behave in such different ways in different contexts and so much is systemic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
I still had to remain alert: Like all such systems, it can disengage suddenly or behave erratically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
"It's still very wild west in the the creative industries, people behave how they want," she said, adding that while "you can't change the humans, you can change the rules around them".
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
As if he’d been a circus beast trained to behave like a domesticated creature, the mammoth dog left the dead man’s side and slipped out of our car through the opposite rear window.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Together, the observations provide new insight into how the ring current behaves during especially intense geomagnetic storms.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026
In the vocabulary of investing, redemption behaves like that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
"By revealing these hidden new properties, we can begin to understand the fundamental rules governing how this gravitational reconnection process behaves."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
The problem with endometriosis tissue is that it behaves exactly like the womb lining but it is trapped in the wrong place.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
"I can see right through your little plot, madam! And my answer is no! Matilda stays where she is and it is up to you to see that she behaves herself."
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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“When you look at the VXN chart and how it’s behaved this year, it’s more representative of the volatility that’s we’ve seen — both up and down,” Treacy said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
Gillam-Kirton says her grief has been made worse by the way the Spanish authorities have behaved since.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
"Though the chatbots often made mistakes, they also behaved as sympathetic listeners to skeptical users -- while still refusing to endorse conspiracy theories," the center said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
These contradictions have led researchers to different conclusions about how ancient species behaved.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 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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These condensates form when particles enter a collective quantum state and begin behaving as a coordinated system rather than as separate individuals.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
A passenger texted the British Transport Police reporting a male behaving erratically the night before, Cambridge Crown Court heard.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Some companies have banned agents from accessing their platforms and behaving in this way.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Highlighting worries about the technology, Smith pointed to a recent Anthropic report suggesting small AI models may be only months away from behaving like computer worms, copying themselves from one internet-connected device to the next.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
“Jaimito is behaving himself very well. I can’t complain,” she said.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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