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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The Dolphins and Cardinals don't meet this year, so mom and dad won't have to worry about living through the stress that the Kelces and the Mannings have gone through over the years. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 But is stressed even the right term for what people in Gaza are living through now? — Ghada Abdulfattah, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026 Its early productions infiltrated participants’ lives through phone calls, texts and emails. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Staying away would mean accepting that people living through war, displacement and climate disaster become the last to benefit from technologies everyone else enjoys. — Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 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 13 Oct. 2026.

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