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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

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

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

“I see it as a collective bad habit we can help each other kick.”

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2025

She called it a bad habit and that a benchmark of even 90% agreement would make more sense.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

As long as I kept busy, I managed to skip over most of my feelings by reminding myself that this was another bad habit, like biting my nails.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter




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