behoove
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That behooved the Fed to take a close look at all the banks.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2023
And so, with the team now dragging through its first prolonged slump of the season, it behooved coach Dave Hakstol’s group to start boosting its home mark any way it could.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2022
If you had a roof over your head, then it behooved you to share it with others, no matter the financial and spiritual cost—giving might make someone else, anyone else, better.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 25, 2018
Before obtaining more, it behooved me to ascertain the cause of Osgood’s death.
From Nature • Mar. 20, 2018
It behooved them, therefore, to try to determine the legitimacy of the other claims.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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