cope
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Students have blocked the entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15 to 17-year-olds since late September, complaining of missing teachers, overloaded timetables, dilapidated classrooms and buildings that cannot cope with rising temperatures.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
There is no shortage of ideas to dredge from this truth, about how we use art to cope, sometimes to our own detriment.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
The Lineage cold-storage warehouse fire broke out in June, causing communities on L.A.’s Eastside to cope with the stench of rotting meat for two months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Robin Daly, founder of the cancer charity Yes to Life, believes psychedelic-assisted therapy could also help some people cope with the emotional impact of serious illness.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Sorry to say the gun was far too much to cope with following my first ever reportable prang, in a plane I probably shouldn’t have been flying, and I burst into tears.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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He too copes with blackouts, water shortages, a lack of farming supplies and ever-rising prices.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The 42-year-old says he copes with his trauma by sharing his story with other victims and the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
But if he gets a chance, it will be instructive for United's coaches to see how he copes with senior opponents.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Since his mom was diagnosed with cancer at 83, Regis has pivoted to acting as what he calls a “capital C caregiver,” as she copes with treatment.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Several are generally used at a time and without copes, as rats are fierce fighters.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
U.S. airlines and their global peers coped by tweaking capacity, generally cutting down on less popular and profitable flights, and charging more for checked bags and other fees.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
"I didn't grow up with AC," said the Frenchman from the Mediterranean city of Nice, who said his family coped using fans.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Chapman told Dr. Oz that he’d coped with the news by acknowledging it was “a scary situation” but deciding to “face it one way or another.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
He pointed out that the total attendance at Turnberry 17 years ago was 120,000, while Royal Portrush, last year's Open hosts, coped with 280,000 spectators.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
He looked forward, too, to telling his other friends about his new friends, and how they had all coped with the unexpected situation.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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Scholars like Dieter Declercq, author of “Satire, Comedy and Mental Health,” have connected stand-up to cognitive coping mechanisms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Plants would need help accessing limited resources while also coping with harsh growing conditions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
"I think we were coping relatively well with the homeless people, the volumes of homeless people that were coming through before the UK government changed that there," he added.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Read more about how young adults are coping with today’s economy in MarketWatch’s coverage of the New American Playbook.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Once riders were down on the course, tracks had virtually no protocol for coping with their injuries.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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