have a tendency
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AI detectors, for example, have a tendency to erroneously flag essays written by speakers of English as a second language, a 2023 Stanford analysis External link found.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
“Markets have a tendency to panic and overshoot,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
Two-legged robots have a tendency to fall over and “need human intervention to get back up,” like tortoises fallen on their backs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
“One of the problems is that capital-M ‘miracles’ have a tendency to be quite bombastic” in biblical entertainment, says Leshem, who directed most episodes of “The Saints.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
They have a tendency to take expressions literally, and this literal interpretation is often incongruous with the standard one and therefore comical.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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