proper behavior

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Their resourceful friend Angela, who filmed the scene, lives in Monterrey and knew the proper behavior for a black bear encounter: never run.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Hammurabi had these edicts inscribed on stone pillars erected in different places in the empire to inform his subjects about proper behavior and the laws of the land.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Quach models proper behavior to his birds when they are young and invests significant time in socializing and exercising them.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2023

From her perch, she shot steely looks across the room, compelling proper behavior from her own caucus.

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2019

Squirming around in a big chair, Ma tells me, is also not proper behavior.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung