misbehave
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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
Even amoral or timorous lawyers will hesitate to misbehave if it becomes clear that doing so endangers their livelihood.
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
Will she kick me out and leave me in the street if I misbehave?
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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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
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
Facebook and Google must answer to new cops on the beat – a group of five fresh Washington regulators at the Federal Trade Commission who have the power to punish Silicon Valley if it misbehaves.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2018
Even that old hen misbehaves, and gets off the nest every time I examine the eggs to see if they are being pecked.”
From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
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
In August 2021, Ms Khan - then a lawmaker from the Workers' Party - claimed that she had accompanied a sexual assault victim to the police station and alleged police misbehaved towards the victim.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2024
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
“After all the trouble you’ve caused—” she would begin sometimes, when Izzy misbehaved.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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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
Punishing a dog for misbehaving when traveling may only result in the dog having negative associations with road trips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
Local resentment is rising, with social media vigilantes putting misbehaving tourists on blast - even as the Balinese maintain their world-famous hospitality.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
She was the tallest girl in our class, and she looked down at us like she was the queen of the world and we were her misbehaving subjects.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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