coyote

noun

Definition of coyotenext
as in mule

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Recent Examples of coyote After the reports surfaced, CDFW admitted that its officers shot the coyote but lost track of it in the wilderness. — Hunter Sowards, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026 The film features a vengeful governess (Carey Mulligan), a Bandit King (Mahershala Ali), and an entire kingdom of talking animals (Tom Waits may or may not voice a coyote soldier). — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2026 Moving behind some chamisa brush, the coyote was clear enough for the eye to see but elusive on camera; the photographs looked like Cubist art. — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026 Over the last 100 years, the coyote has spread from the western plains and midwestern United States to the Northeast, DEEP officials said. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coyote
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coyote
  1. mule
  2. gunrunner
  3. smuggler
  4. runner
  5. bootlegger
Noun
  • In Haiti, Lucianie Vil, a 70-year-old Madan Sara, carries her harvest by mule to the border market of Anse-à-Pitre.
    — Lys Arango, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Plus, the designer-looking horsebit options for under $100 are not to be missed, especially this slip-on mule.
    — Melony Forcier, InStyle, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of mule
Noun
  • The notion that Roper, as a young man, could have been a gunrunner in Colombia felt right to me.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
  • There are brash foreign fighters and humble food drivers and furtive gunrunners and ancient babushkas knitting camouflage ghillie suits in community gyms.
    — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 23 Feb. 2023
Definition of gunrunner
Noun
  • Employees have become burned out and morally conflicted as their focus has shifted from pursuing drug smugglers and human traffickers to apprehending asylum seekers in courthouses and arresting day laborers at their worksites.
    — Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The front-running suspect in that alt theory is now Joey Ippolito, a former drug smuggler and friend of Simpson’s.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of smuggler
Noun
  • The annual New York City Marathon — which attracts tourists and runners from all over the world while complicating surface transportation across all five boroughs — is typically a high-water mark for subway ridership.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Tracey Morgan was a part of the day’s festivities as the official Grand Marshal of the race, cheering on his fellow celebrities — and the rest of the New York runners.
    — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of runner
Noun
  • The original tracklist is augmented by a full recording of the band’s 1977 show at Oakland Coliseum Arena, filmed by teen bootlegger Reinhard Hohlwein.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 5 Nov. 2026
  • But his favorite piece isn’t something fans can get from bootleggers.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of bootlegger

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“Coyote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coyote. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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