live through

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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If this feels like déjà vu after two summers of flash flooding across America, imagine being a community that has had to live through flooding like this again and again. Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, The Conversation, 13 July 2026 Throughout the exhibition, the focus remains on the people who experienced the era firsthand — Union and Confederate soldiers, refugees displaced by war, and men and women who lived through both enslavement and freedom. Brian Unger, CBS News, 12 July 2026 Cord-cutters can also watch CBS live through streaming TV services that carry the network, including DirecTV, fuboTV, YouTube TV and Hulu+ Live TV. Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 Then there are the realities of actually living through the renovation. Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for live through

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“Live through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20through. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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