behave
Example Sentences
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The surrogate teaches the pup to groom, forage, and behave like a wild otter, Long said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
All of them are at their best when they behave relatively normally instead of straying into caricatures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
But in conservation, animals can’t be randomly assigned to groups in the wild and told how to behave.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
Even then, the incentive to behave for some lifers is next to nil.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
If you wanted to predict how people would behave, Munger said, you only had to look at their incentives.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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