live on

phrasal verb

lived on; living on; lives on
: to continue to exist
His legend lives on.

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Desperate Housewives starred Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Marcia Cross, Longoria and Nicollette Sheridan as five women — mostly friends — living on Wisteria Lane, who begin uncovering dark secrets after their neighbor Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong) kills herself. Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2025 Farther north, folks living on the edge of Routt and Rio Blanco counties also remain under evacuation for the Crosho fire, which started burning in the the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests on Monday. Katie Langford, Denver Post, 16 Aug. 2025 Herron said assuming everyone who lives on the streets requires or wants to enter a treatment program is wrong, and long-term recovery rarely works for those who don’t choose to enter treatment on their own. Keely Doll, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025 Wadd also acknowledged that closing certain schools would create a challenge for people living on the west and possibly the northwest sides of Waukesha, from a school attendance perspective. Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for live on

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“Live on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20on. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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