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The phrase "we supported ourselves" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express self-sufficiency or independence, often in the context of financial or emotional support. Example: "After years of hard work and determination, we supported ourselves without relying on anyone else."
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Having married at the age of 20, half way through college, we supported ourselves during graduate school by being social-workers and house-parents for the S.P.C.C.
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"We support ourselves.
Most of us teachers, however, lack that privilege; teaching is how we support ourselves and our families.
There is very little conversation I've found about how we support ourselves through this process, in addition to supporting our partners.
"Since the tsunami, it's how we support ourselves, and we've hired a pump to help with the watering.
When we support others, we also support ourselves in a healthy and generous way.
Of course, those of us who have primarily supported ourselves since we entered adulthood judge women like that for being materialistic or gold digging or simply weak.
We've just arrived so we don't know yet how we'll support ourselves.
Regardless of the type of career a person pursues, we all have the same financial objective: convert our labor potential into financial assets and social security benefits so we can support ourselves and our family during retirement when we have exhausted our labor potential.
We should be given the right to work so we can support ourselves.
But whatever happens, I have my private practice: we can support ourselves and get by on that.
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