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behave

[bih-hayv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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The resulting triangle would not behave like one drawn on a sheet of paper.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Because neutrons behave differently from X rays, they can expose features that may be difficult or impossible to detect with other imaging technologies.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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

“You did behave very shamefully. You never wrote a truer line.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

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

These events gave the team a rare opportunity to watch how a black hole behaves after suddenly receiving a large supply of stellar material.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Watch the mushrooms more than the clock; a mix containing oyster mushrooms behaves differently than a pan full of white buttons.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

Every day the ocean looks and behaves a little differently.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

The now-retired Falcao speaks fondly of Pinto, who he says behaved just like his friends and would "go to the gym, go to McDonald's".

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

“This is not how Navatek behaved or conducted business before I sold the company to Martin Kao,” Loui wrote to ProPublica.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Wolves, for example, behaved differently from many of the other animals included in the research.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

“Yes, dear, I know. Our kids aren’t so badly behaved themselves.”

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

"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

Means complained in other meetings that he believed some White House officials were behaving like it was their job to help food industry lobbyists work against Kennedy’s agenda, one person said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Bass said her review would be a top-down evaluation that also scrutinizes the roles of dispatchers, supervisors and others involved in responding to reports of people behaving erratically.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

It took investigations, trials, discovery, all of the tools of modern litigation, to get documents, interview witnesses, to do the fact-building that exposed just how bad the industry had been behaving.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

My mom sounded upset, again, which was a drag, because ever since the plane tickets arrived she’d been behaving so well.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx




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