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misbehave

[mis-bi-hayv] / ˌmɪs bɪˈheɪv /


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They also allow researchers to share ideas and investigate why AI systems misbehave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Plans to allow Senedd members who misbehave to lose their seats through a "recall" ballot of constituents are also a part of the bill, which will face its first vote on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 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

Will she kick me out and leave me in the street if I misbehave?

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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

If he misbehaves, he must serve out the original sentence, plus any new sentence that may be imposed.

From Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... by Randall Garrett

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

“And on a day like today, even when the car has misbehaved for the majority of the season, everyone tried to put the A game, and it was just an historical day for the team.”

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 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

I misbehaved, becoming nervous and fidgety, daydreaming and moving around as I stared into space.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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

I recently watched a family member gently correct a misbehaving child: “Why are you doing that? Stop. Please stop.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

John J. Dilulio Jr., a political scientist who was then at Princeton, argued that we were seeing a new kind of juvenile criminal, utterly unlike the misbehaving teens of the past.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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