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At Collins’s behest, the biosecurity board also convened several public meetings regarding gain-of-function research policy.

Born in Scotland, Ross came to Pinehurst in 1900 at the behest of its founder, Bostonian soda fountain magnate James Walker Tufts.

At the behest of President Xi Jinping, they have already banned the hunting, trade, and consumption of a large number of “terrestrial wild animals,” a step never fully implemented after the original SARS outbreak.

“The state level is where we see the most important democratic backsliding, and it’s happening at the behest of Republican state officials,” said Jake Grumbach, a political scientist at the University of Washington who studies state politics.

At the behest of a friend, and as final hail Mary, Susan reached out to Pandemic of Love for help.

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Jackson declined to comment on the case, saying it was at the behest of his lawyer.

The pair were working at the behest of a human-rights organization called the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD).

I explained I was in the country at the behest of the Department of State, as a kind of cultural ambassador.

Or the time he ran and hid—at his mother's behest—during the Battle of the Blackwater.

The following day, Magnitsky was arrested at the behest of Lt. Col. Kuznetsov.

Miss Boutts awaited the buggy, in the tiny porch, and had obeyed Isabel's behest to look her prettiest.

The humbly sympathizing friend became once more the respectful servant, and hurried away to carry out his young mistress's behest.

I would no longer take my elephant anywhere and everywhere at the behest of the monkey, for monkeys have no judgment.

Peter Barrington had, however, heard enough to inform him of his sister's high behest.

"My going out is so irregular," said Armine, not by any means as he would have accepted a behest of Petronella's.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to behest, such as: bidding, charge, command, commandment, demand, and dictate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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