vicarious
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Her use of “dialectics” gave me a vicarious headache.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
And others prefer to spend their vicarious leisure time amid freezing winds, frigid water, 40-foot waves and ice floes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
The instinct to recoil at the killing of a fellow person, and to feel some vicarious pain as we consider the loss, is part of what makes us human.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2026
Harrods has accepted vicarious liability for some of the claims, a legal term meaning it accepts ultimate responsibility for Al Fayed's alleged actions.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024
To Collins, Bobby represented a second existence—the boy’s career was a vicarious entry to a level of chess mastery he himself would never achieve.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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