coped

verb

past tense of cope
as in did
to meet one's day-to-day needs a young man learning to cope on his own at college

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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
  1. did
  2. managed
  3. survived
  4. fared
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  • 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
Definition of did
Verb
  • At a news conference Monday, the country’s director of public security, Obeidallah Maaytah, said that law enforcement tracked down the individuals involved in that attack and, after a shootout, managed to arrest them and seize their weapons.
    — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In contrast, participants who kept training just once or twice a week managed to hold onto a significant portion of their blood pressure reductions.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of managed
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  • 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
Definition of survived
Verb
  • The experimental treatment, called divarasib, fared better than similar drugs from Amgen and Bristol Myers Squibb in a late-stage study.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Bolsonaro's slate of congressional candidates also fared well, ensuring that Brazil will have one of the most conservative congresses in years, and a legislative branch aligned with Bolsonaro's goals, or ready to thwart Lula's agenda.
    — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of fared

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