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Then there is Pella’s vicarious bond with Irma Friske, a brilliant—and younger—scholarship student destined for academic glory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

But what happened to Colin Gray in a Georgia courtroom is an example of so-called vicarious liability.

From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2026

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