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Along with my impulsiveness, AI has helped me resist another bad habit: making snap judgments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

You would likely not see any money you gave him, so even loaning him money would merely start a bad habit that could be hard to break.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026

Because this country has a bad habit of forgetting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2025

"The future is food, not a bad habit," he tells the BBC at his warehouse in Harare.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025

I am sitting there, looking at my dad while he chews at the skin around his right thumbnail, a bad habit he picked up around the time my mom got sick.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe




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