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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

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

This is not a minor character flaw or a bad habit that only emerges once or twice in his life.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

Her grandfather, Esteban Trueba, did not approve of this bad habit.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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