behave
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"He would play heavy metal first thing in the morning at 6am on the days when he would behave badly," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
On that measure, which some use to predict how stocks will behave in the future, even a nearly 19-year high in the longest-term U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
It is difficult to predict how much one dollar will be worth decades from now and how the market will behave in a given year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Tournaments are pursuing younger audiences accustomed to the continuous movement and noise of other professional sports, challenging traditions that have long governed how spectators behave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
“Far as I’m concerned, it’s nothing more than an excuse for grown men to behave like schoolboys.”
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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In this version of the story, A.I. stops being a tool and acts as a being that behaves in accordance with its own worldview.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki acknowledged there was still uncertainty about how a new model behaves once released.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
With a larger sample, astronomers may be able to learn much more about how dark matter behaves and how it is distributed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
For cosmology, gravity determines how matter behaves across enormous distances.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
“I should like to know how he behaves among strangers.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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In these models, the altered thalamic signals behaved differently from signals made by unaffected cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Matthew Roberts, defending him, said he was of "clean character" and "well behaved" before the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
"So far, I think Russia's behaved quite well, having to do with the Strait of Hormuz," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
It was responsible for “alignment,” ensuring AI models behaved as intended and didn’t go rogue or destroy humanity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“I can’t calm! He’s horrible! He ruined everything last night! You’d have skinned me alive if I’d behaved the way he did!”
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
That’s what “nuclear deterrence” is all about; the possession of nuclear weapons deters others from behaving aggressively.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
For still others, 9/11 remains most powerfully a story about innocent lives lost and ordinary people behaving with extraordinary courage.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
He says those sourcing fake versions are in effect behaving as lab rats without any medical oversight.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“We’re more tolerant, players are behaving better and coaches are doing a good job in education,” Crittendon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Was Nat laughing at her for behaving like an eight-year-old?
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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