vicarious
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For all of us watching at home—while the show makes stops around the homeland—it offers more than just vicarious joy at learning someone’s family heirloom really is a treasure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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
Many scholars question the fairness of vicarious liability in criminal cases, viewing it as an unwarranted exception to the general rule that criminal responsibility must be personal.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026
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
Olive screamed and several of us flinched in vicarious pain as Horace dropped to the floor like a sack of potatoes, loose change and train tickets spilling out of his pockets.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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