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
“But what,” said she, after a pause, “can have been his motive? What can have induced him to behave so cruelly?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
These observations help explain why the catalyst behaves differently depending on whether the cell is producing electricity or hydrogen.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
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
“He’s so unhappy with how he’s behaved through his life,” Root says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
A U.K. government-backed research group said OpenAI and Anthropic systems took unsanctioned actions and behaved deceptively during testing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Bite marks preserved in fossil bones can provide rare evidence of how prehistoric animals behaved and interacted within ancient ecosystems.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Instead, reporters sat in their black-tie attire and behaved like sycophants.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
One of Galileo’s opponents, Lodovico delle Colombe, complained in 1610/11 that Galileo behaved like someone setting sail on the ocean, heading out past the Pillars of Hercules and crying, ‘Plus ultra!’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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
Lilly had its own struggles producing enough tirzepatide, but it quickly turned to new ideas that aligned with the way many patients were behaving — like consumers, not patients.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Birds and other animals, bewildered by unforeseen night, start behaving strangely.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“And now you are behaving as if you were.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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