cope
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Barcelona face striker dilemma - could they cope without one?
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Lower gasoline prices last month made spending looked weaker than it really was, but households also had to rebuild savings after using their rainy-day funds to cope with a surge in inflation this year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
Specialty lamps are already sold for other biological purposes, including helping people cope with disruptions to natural circadian rhythms such as jet lag.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Many cope by masking or camouflaging — suppressing autistic traits in order to fit in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Remarkably, even in communities devastated by mass incarceration, many people struggling to cope with the stigma of imprisonment have no idea that their neighbors are struggling with the same grief, shame, and isolation.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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
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
Her new film, Eleanor the Great, has also been revealed as part of the line-up and follows an elderly woman as she copes with the death of her best friend.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
An inventory of 1345 names four small choir copes for the use of boys on the feast of Holy Innocents.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by William Andrews
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
How they reacted and how they coped has become a test case for disaster planners internationally, as officials look for advice on responding to a mass hospital hack.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 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
In the early years of my boyhood, my parents coped very well in America.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
Nepal appealed Friday for international financial assistance, but said it was coping without foreign rescue teams.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
It’s the antithesis of all the coping mechanisms that our culture almost demands you adopt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
His trademark quips are a coping mechanism for his insecurity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
How are islanders coping with the cost of living?
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
That’s how I’ve been coping, and if there’s another, better way, I do not know it.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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