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misbehave

[mis-bi-hayv] / ˌmɪs bɪˈheɪv /


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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

They may even feel emboldened to misbehave again.

From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026

They claim that the laws are widely abused as a blackmail tool in divorces, enrich lawyers and let spouses who misbehave off the hook, treating them as passive objects with no agency.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 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

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

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

In addition to lights, you can even set one up to do something handy like remotely power-cycling your home router when it inevitably misbehaves — even without having to get up from the couch.

From The Verge ● Jun. 24, 2022

It’s a great joke, because, you see, he thinks I’ll dispossess him if he misbehaves himself; but, of course, really he’d have to go altogether to the dogs before I’d do such a thing.

From Burning Sands by Arthur Weigal

The Mogwai and his misbehaved progeny debuted in the 1984 holiday classic “Gremlins” and returned in the 1990 follow-up, “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

But he queried whether authorities would ordinarily have a duty to keep victims and their families informed if an offender "misbehaved in prison".

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

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 incident, which Anthropic uncovered more than two months after it happened in July, illustrates the variety of sometimes unexpected ways misbehaving agents can cause trouble.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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 their defence, England can say they have had the worst of the ball misbehaving - Smith and Jacob Bethell were both bowled by shooters.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

But that would have been improper, and I didn’t want to be scolded for misbehaving.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson


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