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behave

[bih-hayv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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“Each cycle has the potential to behave differently,” Mr. Ruffini acknowledges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

We need to change the way we behave to give them a better example.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

There are many immediate factors that will influence how Indian markets behave going forward.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Because γ-Fe and α-Fe form under different conditions and behave differently magnetically, each could potentially record information from separate stages of lunar impact events.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

I'd never thought much about how Americans were viewed overseas until I came to France and was expected to look and behave in a certain way.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Unlike traditional software, AI behaves more like a human worker: It takes action, makes decisions, sometimes even makes mistakes—all on the clock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

The discovery challenges existing ideas about how the material behaves and may also point toward new technological uses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Plus, it’s inherently funny when a body engineered to function with extreme precision behaves ineptly.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

And if an AI system itself behaves in ways its developers did not expect, a rulebook won’t make it behave.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

To understand the global weather you must first collect a great body of meteorological data; you must discover how the weather actually behaves.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

Another component behaved more like a brake on the cell's contractile machinery.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

Speaking to Spanish sports radio station COPE, he said the club behaved impeccably and pursued him properly from the first approach.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Hours later, following the Eagles’ 27-7 loss to the Bears, Sirianni expressed regret for how he behaved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“I think he’s behaved reasonably well, and we behave reasonably well,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Seeing that the priest had properly and assiduously observed all the procedures, millions of devout French Catholics behaved as if God really existed in the consecrated bread and wine.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

But these days, it is behaving less like a barometer of market health and more like a funhouse mirror.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

According to the biblical Book of Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia spent seven years in the wilderness eating grass and behaving like an ox.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Rather than behaving like a lamp illuminating everything around it, the jet acts more like a concentrated beam that causes gas to glow along its path.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Now, I think it's Mediapart that needs to be told to put on its Kevlar vest, because there will obviously be a response to the way they are behaving," she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary




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