live in the past
Example Sentences
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When the time comes, these words from Ms. Antonetta will merit consideration: “Programs of euthanasia and sterilization don’t just live in the past, terrible but finished. Their aftershocks are terrible and here.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
“If they want to live in the past, it doesn’t matter to me.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2024
Some live in the past, and some struggle in the present.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024
You don’t have to ever live in the past, but just check it occasionally.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2023
But you can’t live in the past; you can only visit.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
