Cope
Survive
Survive verb - To continue to operate or to meet one's needs.
Usage example: some old-world customs still survive in modern-day America
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- Malaria helped you cope with syphilis in later stages (by causing such dangerously hot fevers that the syphilis bacteria can't survive)—Dr.
Source: Beneficial Disease -
Ghouls closer to humans, however, mostly follow these beliefs as a way to cope with killing humans to survive.
Source: Manga / Tokyo Ghoul - He realizes that while he can cope with that, he could never survive betrayal by his 'friend' Tavia and begs her never to leave him.
Source: Please Don't Leave Me
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Survive and Cope. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cope/survive
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