behave
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Insufficient airflow control can prevent the vortex from forming, causing the fire to behave more like a conventional burn.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
Many existing fallout models primarily treat materials as if they behave independently, meaning some of these chemical reactions are only partially represented.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
"Once you're being paid by the public purse to represent them, you've got a duty to behave in a certain way," Kenyon said.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
I caught the bug not by reading code but by noticing that the output didn’t match how a rational retiree should behave.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
"Yes," she said, "if you promise to behave yourself. Would you like something to eat, my darling?" she said to me.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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