behave
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As an American, you’re aware, I’m sure, that how we are portrayed in the news and pop culture is not all that accurate compared with how many of us behave day to day.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
But they're a minority shareholder here but we don't behave like that.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Starved ants developed higher levels of NPF and lower levels of AstA, making them behave more like caregivers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
“As AI systems grow more capable, ensuring they remain safe and behave as intended will require exceptional researchers and new ways of thinking,” said OpenAI alignment researcher Kai Chen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
The challenge set by Descartes was, of course, that of building an automaton that could behave like an animal.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Even a well-stocked farmers market rarely behaves like a supermarket organized around a recipe’s demands.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Controlling how light behaves inside materials has already led to technologies that shape modern life.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Unless Starlink behaves very aggressively, the Big 3 will probably not provide an MVNO.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Bitcoin may benefit from demand for assets operating outside conventional financial channels, but during sudden geopolitical shocks it often behaves like a high-risk technology investment, leaving it vulnerable to rapid selling when investors reduce exposure.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Initially the dial is set at 1 g' and everything behaves as we have grown up to expect.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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The teenager has been described as quiet and well behaved by family members in local media.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
This approach helped address a major criticism of earlier "power pose" research: that participants may have behaved differently because they understood what the researchers expected.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
It was unfair to the students who wanted to learn and were well behaved, and it was difficult to teach when nothing could be done to mitigate the disruptions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
But he behaved as if he’d spent a childhood surviving hardscrabble East Coast streets and was scornful of bourgeois diction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
I was always quiet and I behaved, so the teachers left me alone.
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
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But the yen has also been behaving oddly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The researchers concluded that these participants were not simply behaving more recklessly.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 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
The week before, we’d all been given a lecture about taking the opportunity seriously and behaving appropriately.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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