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behave

[bih-heyv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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You may find out that you behave differently in a group than alone together or with spouses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Technosignatures may be more convincing, but they depend on assumptions about how intelligent life might behave, which adds uncertainty.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

As well as helping create evidence, advisers also promise to train fake claimants on how to behave during crucial interviews with the Home Office, where their applications are assessed.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

By doing these things you are incentivizing him to behave more badly in the future.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

Has he no idea how to behave in an art museum?

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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