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behavior

[bih-heyv-yer] / bɪˈheɪv yər /


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“I feel terrible about what happened. I feel really bad about my actions and some of the terrible behavior I did,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

It was around that period that he dated Fifield, a Republican former campaign aide whose accusation was published by the New York Times in an article that included claims of bad behavior from other women.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

This is a bit of a disingenuous response; many stories of Platner’s troubling behavior come from less than “a decade ago.”

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

"Among men, few variables were associated with the habit of adding salt, suggesting that their behavior may be less directly related to specific dietary patterns," Brito pointed out.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Obeah always wanted to fight other males and I thought—mistakenly—that all of this was proper behavior for a sled dog.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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