Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

Doctors and nurses who are treating COVID-19 patients are finding it difficult ______ long working hours.

to cope with

The most appropriate word to fill in the blank is to cope with.

• Manage means to control or deal with something effectively.
• Cope means to deal with something successfully, especially something difficult.
• Service means to provide something that is needed or required.
• Carry on means to continue doing something.