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live on

  1. Be financially supported by, subsist on, as in His pension is too small to live on . [Mid-1600s]

  2. Continue to survive, especially unexpectedly, as in They thought the cancer would kill her, but Lucy lived on for another twenty years .

  3. Remain in human memory, as in This book will live on long after the author's death .



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"How long can he stay like this, living on oxygen? Two are already gone. If only he could help me hold on a little longer."

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“Julian McMahon’s legacy will live on,” another user shared in an X post.

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Los Angeles has more people living on the streets than any other city in the United States, which almost certainly makes it the homelessness capital of the developed world.

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I recently went to see my doctor who had lived on the Palisades bluffs with her family for over 40 years.

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Homeowners living on a city housing estate are each being given hundreds of pounds worth of refunds, after pleading for an end to their heating bill hikes.

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