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misbehave

[mis-bi-hayv] / ˌmɪs bɪˈheɪv /


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He explained that he was concerned that adults would misbehave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Prodigy City is located in what was formerly Thailand, where the series was filmed, giving every character, human and otherwise, plenty of space to hide and misbehave.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025

Even amoral or timorous lawyers will hesitate to misbehave if it becomes clear that doing so endangers their livelihood.

From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2025

The school asks parents to come into lessons and sit next to their child if they misbehave in class.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2025

Students often misbehave when they’re confused about what they’re supposed to do.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Forty-seven years later, we see artificial intelligence making such decisions with too little thought from the humans who will likely have to accept the financial fallout if the model misbehaves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

The act also says anyone who “shamefully casts away his arms, ammunition, tools, or equipment or misbehaves in such manner as to show cowardice in the presence of the enemy” faces the same penalty.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Discipline is about teaching children how to behave, communicate and regulate their emotions, not, for example, losing your temper when a child misbehaves.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022

In addition, he said he wanted to see an end to Section 21 evictions, which occur when a tenant misbehaves or the landlord wishes to stop renting.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2022

When a man misbehaves, the effect is curious on a girl who loves him sincerely.

From The Cloister and the Hearth by Charles Reade

In 1934, Alcatraz opened as an official federal prison for men who had made escape attempts from other federal prisons, or otherwise misbehaved.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2025

They also said Mr. Crumbley, now 17, had misbehaved in jail, calling “into question whether this defendant can ever be rehabilitated.”

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2023

Fans flooded the field, tore down a goal post, ripped up chunks of turf and misbehaved as if transported to joy long denied.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023

This is not the first time Maleficent has misbehaved - sitting on a float during a parade, her head caught fire in 2018 at Disney World in Florida.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2023

It wasn’t that when Mami was gone we misbehaved more.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

The firm also announced a new system to track, investigate and disclose cases of models misbehaving, or "misalignment".

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

At FIU, a training on classroom management “largely discourages” teachers from issuing consequences to misbehaving students.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Alternative-discipline proponents stress that restorative justice means school officials must no longer deliver consequences to misbehaving students; instead, they must explore restoration with them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

A top lawmaker from Australia's far-right One Nation party has grabbed headlines after exploding at a misbehaving dog as he was grilled on live TV.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

“In addition, my valve has been misbehaving and has prevented me from bending over to reach the lower drawers.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole


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