behave
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It’s not about what we tell our children — they see how we behave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
But something about those waves did not behave as expected.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Like dogs, we have engineered large language models to read us and behave in ways we can easily read.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
There are many immediate factors that will influence how Indian markets behave going forward.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
If only he could make his relatives behave.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
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Unlike traditional software, AI behaves more like a human worker: It takes action, makes decisions, sometimes even makes mistakes—all on the clock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Plus, it’s inherently funny when a body engineered to function with extreme precision behaves ineptly.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Watch whether gold behaves as though that rate increase solves anything.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
In this version of the story, A.I. stops being a tool and acts as a being that behaves in accordance with its own worldview.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
In college, then in graduate school, he behaves much as he always has.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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Speaking to Spanish sports radio station COPE, he said the club behaved impeccably and pursued him properly from the first approach.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
If researchers had assumed that the CGM behaved the same way in every direction, this effect could easily have remained hidden.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Hours later, following the Eagles’ 27-7 loss to the Bears, Sirianni expressed regret for how he behaved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
“I think he’s behaved reasonably well, and we behave reasonably well,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
She looked gorgeous, she smelled great, she behaved well.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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But these days, it is behaving less like a barometer of market health and more like a funhouse mirror.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
Instead, they can become extremely slow while behaving collectively.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
According to the biblical Book of Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia spent seven years in the wilderness eating grass and behaving like an ox.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
"Now, I think it's Mediapart that needs to be told to put on its Kevlar vest, because there will obviously be a response to the way they are behaving," she said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
I was sure that few husbands behaved as strangely as Hamlet was behaving.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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