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misbehave

[mis-bi-heyv] / ˌmɪs bɪˈheɪv /


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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

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

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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