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With only weeks to go before election day, both newspapers declined to endorse either candidate in the presidential race at the behest of their owners.

The band formed in the 2010s at the behest of the judges of the British talent show "The X Factor."

But there’s got to be a morning after, and reality comes knocking on the door one day at the behest of Ivan’s parents.

But he added that such sentiments do not absolve Hezbollah of blame for pushing Lebanon into war and tying its fate to the situation in Gaza — all at Iran’s behest.

It is a clear reference to a tape played at Chavez’s trial of a legal visit with Luis “Hefty” Garcia, a client of Chavez’s who wore a wire at the behest of the FBI.