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

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.