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At Collins’s behest, the biosecurity board also convened several public meetings regarding gain-of-function research policy.
A science in the shadows|David Willman, Madison Muller|August 26, 2021|Washington Post
Born in Scotland, Ross came to Pinehurst in 1900 at the behest of its founder, Bostonian soda fountain magnate James Walker Tufts.
In North Carolina, a visit to ‘the cradle of American golf’|Chris Lindsley|June 25, 2021|Washington Post
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.
No one can find the animal that gave people covid-19|Antonio Regalado|March 26, 2021|MIT Technology Review
“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.
The Trumpiest Republicans Are At The State And Local Levels — Not In D.C.|Perry Bacon Jr. (perry.bacon@fivethirtyeight.com)|February 16, 2021|FiveThirtyEight

At the behest of a friend, and as final hail Mary, Susan reached out to Pandemic of Love for help.
Picking Up the Pieces of Us|Susanna Schrobsdorff|January 10, 2021|Time
Jackson declined to comment on the case, saying it was at the behest of his lawyer.
Prof: MIT Hospitalized Me For Ferguson Tweets|Nina Strochlic|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The pair were working at the behest of a human-rights organization called the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD).
World Cup Watchdogs Go Missing in Qatar|Nina Strochlic|September 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I explained I was in the country at the behest of the Department of State, as a kind of cultural ambassador.
GOP Hypocrisy: Outraged Over Benghazi, Silent on Iraq|Jay Parini|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or the time he ran and hid—at his mother's behest—during the Battle of the Blackwater.
Game of Thrones’ ‘The Lion and the Rose’: Joffrey’s Demented, Shocking Royal Wedding|Andrew Romano|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The following day, Magnitsky was arrested at the behest of Lt. Col. Kuznetsov.
Moscow’s Long, Corrupt Money Trail|Michael Weiss|March 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Miss Boutts awaited the buggy, in the tiny porch, and had obeyed Isabel's behest to look her prettiest.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
The humbly sympathizing friend became once more the respectful servant, and hurried away to carry out his young mistress's behest.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
I would no longer take my elephant anywhere and everywhere at the behest of the monkey, for monkeys have no judgment.
Kari the Elephant|Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Peter Barrington had, however, heard enough to inform him of his sister's high behest.
Barrington|Charles James Lever
"My going out is so irregular," said Armine, not by any means as he would have accepted a behest of Petronella's.
Magnum Bonum|Charlotte M. Yonge

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behest

/ (bɪˈhɛst) /

noun

an authoritative order or earnest request

Word Origin for behest

Old English behǣs, from behātan; see be-, hest

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