Thesaurus results for COYOTES

coyotes

noun

variants or coyote

plural of coyote

as in gunrunners

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Recent Examples of coyotes Tom Waits lends his feral baritone to a commander of a coyote military brigade. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2026 The coyote was found where the attack happened and was later euthanized. — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2026 The person denied feeding the coyote and allowed the officer to examine the property, which yielded no evidence for filing a violation. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 The footage shows a coyote getting some serious air in order to snatch a pear off a tree. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 The department said the coyote was involved in an incident with a 16-month-old near the 3300 block of Glenhurst Avenue on Friday. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Most of the people arriving from Cuba at the height of the influx in 2022 and 2023 came in groups on makeshift vessels, not by smugglers.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
The account specifies that the smugglers scuttled the ship to evade the law.

— Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of smugglers

Noun

But his favorite piece isn’t something fans can get from bootleggers.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Artificial intelligence developers have borrowed the word to describe boiling down a big AI model into a smaller one—and lately the biggest AI companies say that rivals have been distilling like bootleggers.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

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And a hearty thank you also to the NYC Marathon runners and people who cheered for them.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
The last time tragedy struck the NYC Marathon was back in 2008, when a total of three runners died after participating in the race.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026

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