live through
phrasal verb
lived through; living through; lives through
1
: to survive (an experience, a troubling time, etc.) : to endure
If I can live through this, I can live through anything.
2
US, sometimes disapproving
: to enjoy the experiences and achievements of (another person) instead of one's own experiences and achievements
She can't live through her daughter.
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Powell concurs that excitement over a non-white male candidate comes second to certain policy commitments, especially among those who’ve lived through the Obama era.
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Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
The same is increasingly true for younger millennials and Gen Zers now living through a prolonged period of high inflation for the first time as adults.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 12 July 2024
Four increasingly weird seasons and one liberating network change later, Robert and Michelle King’s drama is an otherworldly wonder that interprets the dread of modern living through pitch-black humor, empathy, and an unfaltering undercurrent of hope.
—EW.com, 9 July 2024
Newly out of the Army, having lived through the Second World War and the dropping of the atomic bombs, and living in Cold War America, Doctorow certainly was making a point about the horrors of war, its allure in memory, and the irony of celebrating bloodshed.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
The same is increasingly true for younger millennials and Gen Zers now living through a prolonged period of high inflation for the first time as adults.
—Megan Sauer, CNBC, 12 July 2024
Four increasingly weird seasons and one liberating network change later, Robert and Michelle King’s drama is an otherworldly wonder that interprets the dread of modern living through pitch-black humor, empathy, and an unfaltering undercurrent of hope.
—EW.com, 9 July 2024
Newly out of the Army, having lived through the Second World War and the dropping of the atomic bombs, and living in Cold War America, Doctorow certainly was making a point about the horrors of war, its allure in memory, and the irony of celebrating bloodshed.
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
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“Live through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20through. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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