impulsive

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Hundreds of patients or their families told the BBC they didn't make the connection between impulsive behaviours and the drugs until it was too late.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

You won’t fall into a downward spiral of impulsive trading if you require yourself to pause and think before any gamble.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

So really, the message here is that we should all be more impulsive and slightly unhinged — Anna ends up living her Tuscan dreams after all.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

"We found that flies consuming caffeine at night were less able to suppress movement, displaying impulsive behaviors such as reckless flying despite these aversive conditions."

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

Gogol watches them, knowing that it’s all in jest— they’re not the type to do something so impulsive, so naive, to blunder, as his own parents had done.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri