live off
Example Sentences
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"Since they will be limited by the few resources they brought from Earth, anything they find on the moon will help them basically live off the land, especially for longer-term missions or outposts."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
"We live off tourism. If the tourists don't come, we're in trouble," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Like most 30-somethings, he didn’t have a trust fund or enough savings to live off dividends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The creatures in this world live off of human fear, so they create our nightmares.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
I learned that it is not possible for human beings as we know them to live off the land.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
