live off
Example Sentences
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He was able to live off the rental revenue after he returned from being deployed to assemble missiles in Yemen and Syria for Iranian allies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
She was also made to live off scraps.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
My IRA has been invested aggressively because I have been able to live off my pension.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026
If that doesn’t pan out for either of them, Tamma figures they’ll just chuck it all and live off the grid in Utah: “After graduation, you just go, ‘I’m not going to college!
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
They'd go to the rural areas to live off the land, but that was not an option for my family.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
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