behave
Example Sentences
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The surrogate teaches the pup to groom, forage, and behave like a wild otter, Long said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
All of them are at their best when they behave relatively normally instead of straying into caricatures.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026
But in conservation, animals can’t be randomly assigned to groups in the wild and told how to behave.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
"What our data highlight is that biology is context-dependent. We need to understand how these supplements behave in the body over time, rather than assuming the same effect applies to everyone."
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
The other girls laugh, and I try to manage at least a smile, to behave as one of the group.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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