have a way of (being something or doing something)

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: to often have a characteristic or to frequently do something

She has a way of exaggerating when she tells stories.

Life has a way of surprising us now and then.

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Crises in Lebanon have a way of spilling far beyond the nation's borders; and unless checked, this one will prove no different. —

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