as in veil
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
committed their nefarious deeds under the dark cope of night
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as in to manage
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 cope
Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
Its rotating turret carried a metal frame and netting, a combination derisively referred to as a cope cage, designed to snag drones and prevent warheads from making direct strikes on hulls.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2025
How Arsenal could cope with Havertz absence Analysis by Arsenal writer Art de Roche
Havertz’s injury leaves Arteta with just three senior forwards to choose from up front in Leandro Trossard, Ethan Nwaneri and Raheem Sterling.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The antic good humor with which those humans under attack cope is admirable, but we’re reminded this is no joke when one employee’s visiting teenage son is killed.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
Its rotating turret carried a metal frame and netting, a combination derisively referred to as a cope cage, designed to snag drones and prevent warheads from making direct strikes on hulls.
—C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
The influx of refugees raised concerns, from how school districts would cope to whether the area had enough housing.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 13 Feb. 2025
How Arsenal could cope with Havertz absence Analysis by Arsenal writer Art de Roche
Havertz’s injury leaves Arteta with just three senior forwards to choose from up front in Leandro Trossard, Ethan Nwaneri and Raheem Sterling.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cope
Noun
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Enter the grounds of any Anantara resort in southern Thailand and the real world slips away behind an emerald jungle veil.—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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President Barack Obama famously negotiated a rapprochement with Cuba — later reversed by Mr. Trump — under a veil of secrecy.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
Verb
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And as a part-time Air National Guard officer, General Caine was a co-founder of RISE Air, a regional airline, and managed other private businesses, according to his LinkedIn page and interviews with friends and former colleagues.—
Eric Schmitt,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Only two tracks have managed to lead the Hot Dance/Pop Songs list since its inception six weeks ago.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The launch shroud encasing the uncrewed Progress MS-30 (or Progress 91, as NASA refers to it) resupply spacecraft has been decorated with a logo commemorating the centennial of Pavel Belyayev's birth.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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The film, which operated under a hazy shroud after wrapping principal photography in the spring of 2023, underwent 22 days of additional photography in spring of 2024 on its way to its Feb. 14, 2025 release date in after several delays.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Brown revealed her new platinum blonde ‘do at the start of the month, before giving her locks their red carpet debut at Sunday’s 2025 SAG Awards.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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The extraditions were done at the request of the U.S. government as President Donald Trump’s tariff deadline looms.—
Greg Wehner,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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At times, the show subverts expectations, casting Salonga as the Into the Woods witch while Peters prances about in a red cloak as Little Red Riding Hood.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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The announcement and teaser also comes after a New York Fashion Week runway collaboration with designer Christian Siriano, indicating that the desire to take back the red cloak is the theme for the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, which will be airing newly into President Trump’s second reelection.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Millie’s share of cost was calculated to leave her no more than the federal government thinks a single person needs to survive: $600 per month.—
Danilyn Rutherford,
TIME,
22 Feb. 2025
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Bauer was lucky to survive six terrifying months in the concentration camps, where he was repeatedly beaten.—
Gary J. Bass,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Seen from afar, a colony of Francisca’s cluster anemones looks like a blanket of yellow flowers spread across the seafloor.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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Sunbeam is a maker of blenders, electric blankets and gas grills.—
Matt Schifrin,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Treatment varies by severity but can include providing oxygen through a nasal tube or mask, intravenous fluids and treatment of the underlying cause of the infection.—
NICOLE WINFIELD,
arkansasonline.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Among the objects being returned are sculptures, plaques, pendants, tusks, and an ivory mask.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Cope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cope. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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