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wily

[wahy-lee] / ˈwaɪ li /


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Wily coyotes have adapted to urban life, finding city parks and golf courses to their liking.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2025

Thursday: Wily Peralta, unlikely to make the rotation, looked solid in three innings against the New York Mets, limiting them to three hits, no runs and no walks.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

Chad Kuhl and Wily Peralta, nonroster invitees to camp, have more big league experience if someone goes down.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023

Chelsea's Raheem Sterling volleyed home from five yards after Wily Boly had flicked a cross onto his own bar.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2023

Wily hurried forward to buttonhole him as the crowd filed out.

From The Great Gray Plague by Jones, Raymond F.




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