Bear
Bear verb - To bring forth from the womb.
Cope
Cope verb - To meet one's day-to-day needs.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Companion Cube: After killing Kumo, Alice spends a week talking to a teddy bear as if it was him, trying to cope with her loss.
Source: Manga / Arachnid - He's even Pet the Dog a couple times, like helping Bender cope with his lack of back-up unit in "Lethal Inspection" where it was revealed he was the one who approved the baby Bender, despite the young robot not having a back-up unit installed, as he couldn't bear to destroy the flawed infant.
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Cope and Bear. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/cope
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Cope or Bear. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bear/cope.
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