coyote

noun

Definition of coyotenext
as in mule

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Recent Examples of coyote 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 The official warning comes after coyote sightings in North Haledon in Passaic County and Glen Rock in Bergen County. — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 18 June 2026 The encounter with the rabid coyote occurred in Huntersville, according to a news release. — Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026 The three-pound coyote pup — about 4 weeks old — appeared frozen. — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 10 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
  • There are plenty of mules to covet this season, from Neous’s raffia mule, to Loewe’s Origami style, named so after the way the leather folds.
    — Talia Abbas, Vogue, 10 July 2026
  • The collection includes the gingham Camparinew pump and Ballerimu mule, inspired by nostalgic Americana picnic motifs.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 6 July 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
  • As if to prove the point, street prices for cocaine in the United States have plummeted, the opposite of what would be expected if smugglers were being deterred.
    — Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • In other instances, Warrick said, there will be ghost carriers or fraudulent pickups of drivers or middlemen posing as legitimate transporters, but who are really smugglers.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026
Definition of smuggler
Noun
  • Perhaps only one runner would have been on base — Tatis, via a pitch off his backside — but Cabrera mistakenly threw to second after looking Tatis back to second on Merrill’s tapper back to the mound.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • When White Sox starter Davis Martin threw a wild pitch during Contreras’ at-bat, Seigler broke for home as catcher Kyle Teel raced to corral the ball and back, hoping to beat the runner to the plate.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026
Definition of runner
Noun
  • 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
  • Weeth said bootleggers purchase fireworks from manufacturers in China and who, for a fee, package the fireworks in colorful branding, which are more difficult to track and often lack proper warnings.
    — Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of bootlegger

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