misbehave

The US's position as the world's largest economy and the dollar being the world's reserve currency gives the US a "much longer runway to fiscally misbehave" than other countries, El-Erian says.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

He explained that people might misbehave if the cameras were present.

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 more I think about it, an embargo sounds an awful lot like the punishment chair at home whenever we misbehave.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

If a professor in the English department misbehaves, they do not banish all English professors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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

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

The latest developments in the ongoing tribal dispute come on the heels of the backlash Noem faced for writing about killing a hunting dog that misbehaved in her latest book.

From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2024

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

Whatever happened, no matter how much I misbehaved, Grandma always stuck up for me.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Why do boards keep giving misbehaving CEOs second chances?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 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

Fairlie had vowed last year to table secondary legislation that would allow Transport Scotland to suspend or withdraw free passes from misbehaving passengers.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

And for a third thing, both Ms. Mac and Mrs. Brisbane sometimes threatened to send a misbehaving student to Mr. Morales’s office.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney