behave
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“There is no possibility that she will behave in an authoritarian or dictatorial way,” said Fernando Rospigliosi, a member of her Popular Force party and head of the Congress.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
And, for someone with 40 million Instagram followers, she seems resolutely unbothered by other people's opinions of how she should behave.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
As M.M. evolves from sidekick to central character, he also begins to behave more like Butcher, forcing him to wrestle with the erosion of his idealistic principles.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Judges are expected to behave with decorum while on the bench, but the profession doesn’t demand that they forfeit free-speech rights in retirement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Nevertheless, in a given environment, animals of the same species will tend to behave in a similar way.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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