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Jake Shears, frontman of the Scissor Sisters, was acquitting himself amiably as Charlie, the shoe factory owner’s son, who unexpectedly finds himself in charge of the business after his father dies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2022

Zuckerberg evidently felt he was acquitting himself well.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2018

He heard that the little prince was acquitting himself surprisingly well, but his spies assured him that Eugene was no great shakes as a soldier.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it was not pleasant to fire at the back of an unoffending individual who was acquitting himself very coolly of his duty—so I let him alone.

From Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground by Skinner, Constance Lindsay

It was Yale against the field, and Old Eli was acquitting herself nobly.

From Frank Merriwell's Races by Standish, Burt L.