Thesaurus results for COYOTES

coyotes

noun

variants or coyote

plural of coyote

as in gunrunners

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Recent Examples of coyotes Customers will be happy to know that the bestseller coyote balls will still be on the menu. — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026 It's usually transmitted through a bite from a bat, coyote, fox, raccoon or skunk. — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Typical is a homeowner’s video from the other day of a coyote loping down a driveway in DeKalb’s Glendale Courts area. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 16 Aug. 2026 At night, the coyote howls echo through the development keeping residents awake. — N. Kirkpatrick, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2026 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 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

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Wong haunts the stories of the Floridian smugglers, connected to many of the feuds and undercover operations.

— 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

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Your guide will teach you about the origins of Prohibition and tell stories of infamous bootleggers.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026
Brian Wilson wrote the song in 1963 with his buddy Bob Norberg, and the band cut a version that year during the Surfer Girl sessions that eventually leaked out to bootleggers.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of bootleggers

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