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behave

[bih-hayv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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Matt Prosz, who hosts and manages other Airbnb properties full-time, believes the update will improve the guest experience without changing how most people behave.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Eventually I figured out how to make them work, but it took research to learn the way other humans behave and think.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The discovery challenges long-standing ideas about how metals behave at extremely low temperatures and could help engineers develop tougher materials for some of the harshest environments imaginable.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

“What identifies an individual as a king is how other people behave towards him,” says a quote attributed to the actor.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

The small group of my friends seemed to have the same goals: to behave appropriately and make good grades.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

Scientists are continuing to analyze data from collisions involving lighter atomic nuclei, searching for additional evidence of how quark–gluon plasma forms and behaves.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

The problem with endometriosis tissue is that it behaves exactly like the womb lining but it is trapped in the wrong place.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

A coyote that fails to exhibit fear toward humans or behaves aggressively should be reported to wildlife officials, authorities say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

That includes understanding how the compound behaves inside the body and whether it could cause unwanted effects.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Just because something is a certain way, instead of just behaves a certain way, doesn’t mean it’s an ignoramus.”

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

"Though the chatbots often made mistakes, they also behaved as sympathetic listeners to skeptical users -- while still refusing to endorse conspiracy theories," the center said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

It is unclear yet from official data, which have a lag, how investors outside France have behaved during the recent volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The National Hurricane Center described confidence in its intensity and track forecasts as "very low confidence," reflecting how the storm had repeatedly behaved differently than expected.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Back in the castle, Ranganathan pointed out: "If somebody else had behaved like Richard, we wouldn't even be having a debate about this, you would just go 'you've got to vote for him'."

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“He’s actually apologized to me for how he behaved back then.”

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

On markets: The market is behaving like a seesaw, with AI stocks on one side and everything else on the other, writes Joseph Adinolfi.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Highlighting worries about the technology, Smith pointed to a recent Anthropic report suggesting small AI models may be only months away from behaving like computer worms, copying themselves from one internet-connected device to the next.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

But does behaving like a human actually convince people that a machine has consciousness?

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

For now, owners aren’t behaving like they are under pressure to sell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

If I were an outsider watching this conversation, I would tell myself to stop pushing, that no one wants to help someone behaving childishly.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse


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