have a tendency
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AI detectors, for example, have a tendency to erroneously flag essays written by speakers of English as a second language, a 2023 Stanford analysis External link found.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Ireland have a tendency to come out of the traps hard and fast against Scotland.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
“Markets have a tendency to panic and overshoot,” he said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
Two-legged robots have a tendency to fall over and “need human intervention to get back up,” like tortoises fallen on their backs.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
Like the mass of cables drooping behind a desk, the conceptual connections from one sentence to another have a tendency to get gnarled up in a big, snaggly tangle.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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