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Verb: live through
  1. Endure and survive a difficult or unpleasant situation or experience
    "She lived through the Great Depression"
     
  2. Remain alive until the end of a particular time or event
    "He hoped to live through the war to see his grandchildren"

Derived forms: lived through, lives through, living through