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vicariously

vahy ke ree uhs lee

  • r  indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute
    she enjoyed the wedding vicariously

  • You can live vicariously through y our children.
  • But at some point, the rich will give in and open their wallets again not because they are especially greedy, but because they vicariously feel the pain of going without.
  • To those who will never follow in his footsteps, submerged as they are in a world of cynicism, self-interest and frantic consumption, nothing could be more vicariously gratifying .
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  • Guy Ritchie in FOXNews
    I was born there and I've seen it change and I know a great deal about it, I'm invested,Ritchie, 39, said. "I live vicariously through my wife, so I was once a spy and now I've become a tourist, and it's much more fun to live in London as...
  • Curtis Martin in SI.com
    The tough part was just accepting that my career is probably over,Martin said. "Everything else was easy. When I spoke to the team about a week ago, I told them, 'My enjoyment now is living through you guys vicariously."
  • Deion Sanders in Forbes
    I'm living vicariously through him,Sanders said. "After the second cut, Wow! It's over. He's in his zone right now."

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