coyote

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Recent Examples of coyote People driving to and from the Outer Banks on I-64 kept killing the wolves, while hunters shot them as coyotes. Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2025 Charlotte-area coyote sightings The attack came during coyote pupping season, when coyotes are more aggressive toward dogs and other animals, wildlife biologists say. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 12 Apr. 2025 The strange, distant noises of coyotes could be heard echoing. Erinn Springer, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 The state posts periodic videos of animals making use of the crossing, including deer, rabbits, coyotes and otters. Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coyote
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coyote
Noun
  • Slip it on with sneakers for sightseeing or with classy mules for a night out to get two outfits in one.
    Isis Briones, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2025
  • Others lead mules to remote trail work sites, literally taking the loads off the backs of other volunteers.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Driving Pa Beck back to his mansion, Reacher takes an odd swerve into family counselor mode, telling the gunrunner that his son deserves to know that the reason he’s been made to suffer these last five years is because, welp, his old man is a gunrunner.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Driving Pa Beck back to his mansion, Reacher takes an odd swerve into family counselor mode, telling the gunrunner that his son deserves to know that the reason he’s been made to suffer these last five years is because, welp, his old man is a gunrunner.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Dog shampoo bottles are among the many creative ways smugglers have tried to sneak meth in and out of the country.
    Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
  • As Thai Customs also tightened border checks, that move led to more than 800 cannabis smugglers being caught between October 2024 and March 2025.
    Dario Sabaghi, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The Mets put two runners on in the third inning, their first two of the game, when Francisco Alvarez was hit with a pitch and Francisco Lindor reached on catcher’s interference.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 May 2025
  • There’s a difference between a small runner and short runner.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • The iron law explains why bootleggers smuggled whiskey instead of beer or wine during alcohol prohibition.
    John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • His death reportedly was the result of a dispute with a bootlegger.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Coyote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coyote. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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