behaving
Example Sentences
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Before it had just been one big, bouncy blue and orange Macy’s balloon, streetwise New York City behaving like some bucolic basketball Mayberry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
“He especially enjoyed it when we’d have a story about some politician caught with his hand in the cookie jar, or a spicy feature about stuffed shirts behaving badly,” Willse said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
The chart here shows what’s behaving like the past and what is not:
From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026
After treatment, the old stem cells began behaving more like young, healthy cells again.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
“And is he behaving like a man that will deny his child? Aunty told me he’s even talking about coming to pay her bride price.”
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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