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Cope

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Emotional Strength

Refers to mental resilience in overcoming challenges without implying success or failure.

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Even though she lost her job, she's coping remarkably.
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Not Effortless

'Cope' suggests exertion of effort to confront difficulties, rather than doing so with ease.

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He's coping with his illness, but it's clearly hard on him.
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Neutral Connotation

Using 'cope' is neutral; it does not suggest negativity or positivity about the outcome.

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They're coping with the crisis as best they can.
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