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      With all the havoc it's wreaking across the globe, the coronavirus outbreak is naturally having an impact on couples and theirrelationships. Family therapists are conducting sessions remotely as patients ____31_____ their homes. They say even the mostsubtle differences in temperament can be aggravated because of the outbreak's stress. It's a time when every domestic decision can____32____ impossibly high stakes, from going to the grocery store to deciding who gets quarantined together.
      The 60-something husband works in the food industry and still insists upon leaving every day for work, saying he needs tokeep his business afloat. His frightened wife desperately wants him to stay home. For another couple, in the midst of a separation,the bitterly fought issue is the kids and whether they can safely see friends. One parent is allowing it ____33_____ to be the "funparent"; the other bitterly opposes it. And for still another couple, it's simply about grocery shopping. She fills the cart, and heaccuses her of hoarding unnecessarily. She argues that they need to be prepared.
      Scenarios like these are playing out in urban high-rises, suburban homes and tiny rural communities across America as couplestry to navigate what has abruptly become the "new normal" during the coronavirus outbreak. Described by therapists, lawyers orthe couples themselves, they reveal ____34____ even the most subtle differences in temperament or coping strategy can bepainfully exacerbated under the incredible stress and anxiety that the outbreak is causing. Lewis, the family therapist, says it's stillearly days. She hopes the couples will find a way to deal with the anxiety and uncertainty in a useful way. Some of her best adviceto couples: "Let's try not to both have a bad day at the same time," she says. "If today's your bad day, ____35____ is tomorrow.Let's not blow at the same time."

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(A) are used to
(B) are confined to
(C) are given way to
(D) are done away with

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