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The admission followed reporting in late October from the New York Times, alleging that Megaspeed’s Huang had been recruited to spy on behalf of China’s Ministry of State Security.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
Managers are hired hands working on behalf of the shareholders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Brand also told jurors of the personal toll of the high-profile rape and sexual assault allegations, claiming friends and collaborators cut ties and that no one with relevant evidence wanted to testify on his behalf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Attalah's eight-lawyer defence team described a rushed trial run by a judge who appointed her a defence lawyer himself, before "proceeding to write the defence statement" on that lawyer's behalf.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Indeed, for the naming game to get going scientists have to make priority claims that can be taken forward on their behalf.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing behalf
"My Favorite Chaperone," Vocabulary from the short story
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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