vicariously

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Paying for things vicariously, there is no reason why he should stint himself.

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  • I can't say what he's gotten out of it vicariously, as you suggest. —  Mr. Sammler's Planet
  • If you can't make it down to Austin, TX for the industry's biggest get-drunk-and-play-music fest, this episode should help you live it up vicariously (if only partially). —  Montreal Weekend Playlist
  • (Saturday at 10) - If you want to stay cool but go outside vicariously, the Season 1 DVD of MTV's reality-soap —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • We're used to being on the winning side, vicariously -- our characters kill hundreds of virtual characters that, as the writer puts it, "fizzle and melt back into the earth a few seconds after they die," and if our character is shot, he continues on, picking up a medical kit and "healing" on the run. —  Incertus
  • If you'd rather live vicariously, then take a peek and read what it's like at Bloggin 'in the City
 

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