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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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 His doctors offer neurological explanations, but identifying a change in the insula does not settle what that change means to the person living through it. — Zain Khalid, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 What matters is that Bell lived through a negotiation where he, as a Black Steelers draft pick, was offered a lucrative contract by the Steelers. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026 The video cuts to Swift living out exactly what Johnson’s been living through, revealing that Farrell poisoned Swift, leading to her death. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 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 4 Oct. 2026.

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