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badly behaved



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"If you go back to the days of the 90s or 00s a lot of brands fell out with footballers because they were so badly behaved," PR expert Mark Borkowski told the BBC.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

They also dispute the idea that Hope/Sow #753 is particularly badly behaved.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

After years of showing toxic male behavior onscreen, this TV season has seen plenty of badly behaved men — well, at least the fictional ones — receive retribution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

“I felt sort of useless in his presence because I’m quite bumbly and quite badly behaved on set.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2023

Many people were under the impression that I owned a badly behaved rabbit.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling


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