coyote

noun

Definition of coyotenext
as in mule

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Recent Examples of coyote With the crickets, owls, coyote and whippoorwill, the nights were alive. — Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 31 July 2026 Been seeing a lot of white tail deer and the occasional gator, bobcat, hog, and even a coyote a few weeks ago! — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2026 The other rabid animals were five bats and one each cat, coyote, skunk and woodchuck. — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 3 July 2026 Photos from the rescue show a firefighter bringing the coyote pup to shore and a firefighter giving the thumbs-up with Judd, who helped with the search. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 June 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 terms of the fall 2026 footwear lineup, the Steffi block-heel ballerina, Davina stiletto mule and Lennox slouchy boot are all key styles showcased in the campaign.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Johnson is currently working on another small Canadian film, a true-story caper about a Vice editor’s side hustle as a drug-mule recruiter with Finn Wolfhard slated for the lead.
    — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Definition of mule
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  • 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
  • The series guides us through the web of feuding smugglers and law enforcement crackdowns that connect the Sunshine State to the fauna of Madagascar, Indonesia, Malaysia, and many more countries.
    — Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The new docuseries, ‘Monsters of God’, explores the underworld of reptile trafficking—one filled with exotic creatures, smugglers, drugs, weapons, special agents, and zoo connections.
    — ForbesTV, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of smuggler
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  • Teoscar Hernández led off the 10th with a single off Jimmy Herget (0-5) and Freddie Freeman's sacrifice fly scored automatic runner Andy Pages.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Love is an obviously talented runner who will definitely not have full ownership of the full Arizona backfield workload.
    — Jess Bryant, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of runner
Noun
  • Jones had played a federal agent in Moonrunners (1975), a rollicking film from United Artists about bootleggers that was written and directed by Gy Waldron, starred Jim Mitchum and featured narration from country singer Waylon Jennings.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Gosha, a local station master, has a side-hustle of his own, turning a blind eye while bootleggers siphon diesel from the tankers that sit idly on the train tracks.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026
Definition of bootlegger

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