How to read large xml file without loading it in memory and using XElement

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I want to read a large xml file (100+M). Due to its size, I do not want to load it in memory using XElement. I am using linq-xml queries to parse and read it.

What's the best way to do it? Any example on combination of XPath or XmlReader with linq-xml/XElement?

Please help. Thanks.

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