Thesaurus results for COYOTES

coyotes

noun

variants or coyote

plural of coyote

as in gunrunners

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Recent Examples of coyotes 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 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 Starting in January, Woolrich will no longer use fur, including coyote and raccoon dog, in collections manufactured and sold in Europe. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 And, of course, action abounds, culminating in an elaborate climactic battle sequence in which Alexandra’s coyote forces are commanded by the rabidly loyal Maksim, memorably voiced by Tom Waits. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026 And the coyote isn’t a top threat to the species in this unforgiving world. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Anyone who is bitten or attacked by a coyote should call 911. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026

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Noun

Often, smugglers are only engaged in the industry out of financial necessity or coercion.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
One roofer paid smugglers $15,000, was deported or left three times, and paid $5,000 each return.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 13 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

Definition of bootleggers

Noun

Jake Bauers flew out for the second out, then Christian Yelich walked to put runners at first and second.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Hundreds of runners in purple briefs took to the streets of Johannesburg last Friday to raise awareness of prostate cancer.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

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