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It is disturbing to think of these entries as truly reflecting events continually taking place in the real world, and I welcome the security of the ivory tower from which I can experience such goings-on vicariously: I had, in my sheltered life, always thought of Big Boy as being a variety of tomato; according to De Sola,

—VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 2

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In a vicarious manner.

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indirectly, as, by, or through a substitute

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It is disturbing to think of these entries as truly reflecting events continually taking place in the real world, and I welcome the security of the ivory tower from which I can experience such goings-on vicariously: I had, in my sheltered life, always thought of Big Boy as being a variety of tomato; according to De Sola, — VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 2
But they mustn't be allowed to savor, even vicariously, the delights of stolen and unearned pleasure. — VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 2
This one was a favorite with the younger players, es - pecially the males; they loved to fire lasers, even vicariously, and chortled when an eagle spun out of control. — Unicorn Point
Men like Knighton had better not commit crimes even vicariously, they had better not be involved in crimes they imagine they have committed vicariously. ' — The Speaker Of Mandarin
I talked to my friends on the ice by E-mail and lived, vicariously, through the emotional roller coaster of an airdrop at the Pole, when a C-141 took off from Christchurch, refueled twice in the air and tossed out boxes the size of upright pianos to 28 people waiting in darkness on the polar plateau in an ambient temperature of minus 70 Celsius. — Terra Incognita