vicarious
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And others prefer to spend their vicarious leisure time amid freezing winds, frigid water, 40-foot waves and ice floes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
There’s a vicarious sort of pleasure in watching somebody do something that you as a viewer think, “I’m way too smart for.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
The reality is that vicarious trauma is real.
From Slate • Sep. 12, 2025
We get a vicarious thrill from watching the narcissist run roughshod over people's feelings or exploit others without shame.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025
To Collins, Bobby represented a second existence—the boy’s career was a vicarious entry to a level of chess mastery he himself would never achieve.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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