Live in and Operate

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Live in verb - Live in the house where one works.

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Operate and live in are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operate" instead a verb "Live in".

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

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Live in and operate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Live in" instead a verb "Operate".

They live in the same house, operate an ATV front-business together, and despite the fact that neither one is especially bright, are two of Harlan County's most dangerous criminals.

Source: Fat and Skinny
The Comics Curmudgeon routinely speculates as to what kind of brutal police state the characters live in that allows Slylock to operate so capriciously and arrest people based on such flimsy cause (and in which he's sometimes shown not just as a detective but as the prosecuting lawyer in court).

Source: Conviction by Contradiction
And trying to operate as if you did live in one can have fatal consequences.

Source: Manga / Goblin Slayer

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