Thesaurus results for COYOTES

coyotes

noun

variants or coyote

plural of coyote

as in gunrunners

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Recent Examples of coyotes 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

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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

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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

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Knowing where a company sits in the AI stack, where agentic meets generative, and how to assess servers versus storage is becoming ever more crucial for tracking the runners and riders in the AI race.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Some elements of the GT-2000 15 have been largely unchanged to deliver the familiar feel runners have come to expect from the franchise.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 15 July 2026

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