coyotes

noun

variants or coyote
plural of coyote
as in gunrunners

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Recent Examples of coyotes 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 In the footage, the rescuers remove the coyote from a beam beneath the dock, safely capturing it in their arms before moving it to shore. — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026 Coyote sightings caught on video Video shows a coyote casually walking by a house on Tamboer Drive in North Haledon, which neighbors described as a regular occurrence. — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 18 June 2026 Mecklenburg County Public Health issued a rabies alert Thursday after a coyote with the viral disease bit a human and pet on June 6. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coyotes
  1. smugglers
  2. mules
  3. bootleggers
  4. runners
Noun
  • The drug smugglers who had hired Rangel told Para that her husband had been killed.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
  • Advertisement Prosecutors alleged that crew members had collaborated with smugglers during three rescue operations conducted between 2016 and 2017.
    — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 17 July 2026
Definition of smugglers
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  • 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
Definition of mules
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  • 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 bootleggers
Noun
  • The Red Sox won despite stranding six runners over the three innings prior to Monasterio’s winner.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Texas put runners on first and second with one out in the seventh after a double by Jake Burger and walk to Nicky Lopez.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of runners

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