coped

past tense of cope

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of coped The countries that coped best were not always those with the most energy resources. — Dr. Sarah Kapnick, semafor.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Kaia recently opened up about how her family coped with her brother’s addiction struggles in a Vogue interview. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 Sep. 2026 More recently, consumers have coped with higher gasoline prices and shortages due to Ukrainian drone attacks that knocked out refineries. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 For one thing, millennials have coped with a lot of instability and uncertainty in their formative years. — Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Once out and about, moonwalkers coped with very fine, tiny particles composed of sharp, glassy material. — Leonard David, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026 She’s coped in life by using other people to take care of her in many different ways. — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026 Belgium’s midfield coped despite playing without both Amadou Onana and Youri Tielemans, who was lost to injury in pregame warm-ups. — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 July 2026 Despite the overwhelming demand for medical services and the shortage of supplies in Venezuela’s public health system, Domingo Luciani Hospital in the capital of Caracas coped with an influx of patients thanks to a flood of donations. — Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coped
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • An additional software test will examine whether computing applications can be deployed and managed reliably on the Moon.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • And no one has managed to fetch samples from Mars, let alone its moons.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The grant pays for the organizations to train staff in exercise oncology, to develop or expand programs to help those who have had, or survived cancer.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The federal accident report is rather scant, and since no one aboard survived to tell the story, what went wrong on that day has largely remained a mystery.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Other notable names in the recent crypto IPO class—the longtime custodian BitGo, the exchange service Bullish, and the multi-asset trading app eToro—have fared even worse, posting share price declines of 55%-65%.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Jessica, 22, fared better than some of her shipmates during the deployment when the Lincoln set a modern record for consecutive days at sea and where there were complaints of poor conditions and mental health strains.
    — Norma Galeana, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

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“Coped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coped. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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