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misbehave

[mis-bi-heyv] / 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

When government lawyers misbehave, federal judges must be more assertive in the exercise of their powers as members of the judicial branch and as integral players in disciplinary mechanisms of the legal profession.

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 misbehave more often when they feel anonymous.

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

And if he does attend this reunion, you will have lots of support — and many witnesses — if he misbehaves.

From Washington Post Feb. 12, 2023

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

SIMMS: When the folks misbehaves in this town I think they oughta lock 'em up in a jail and make 'em work their fine out on the streets, then these weeds would be cut down.

From The Mule-Bone: A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts by Zora Neale Hurston

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

Ministers are currently considering a previous committee report which recommended the Senedd introduce a "recall" procedure which would give voters the chance to remove MS's who had misbehaved.

From BBC Feb. 19, 2025

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

We had some fans, occasionally, that really misbehaved and created a very uncomfortable atmosphere.

From Seattle Times Dec. 24, 2022

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

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

Once I was taking the kids to SeaWorld and they were misbehaving in the car.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

"It can come across as acting out or misbehaving, but it isn't acting out or misbehaving. It's just literally not feeling safe in their own body."

From BBC Feb. 17, 2026

He gave the younger officer the rueful look of a father exasperated with his misbehaving son.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini




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