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coyote

[kahy-oh-tee, kahy-oht] / kaɪˈoʊ ti, ˈkaɪ oʊt /


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Now, Roebuck says, he was “booger barking” like a riled-up coyote.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

It’s a one-track, single-minded way of thinking, eerily reminiscent of, oh, I don’t know, a hungry coyote blindly pursuing a roadrunner.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

A coyote is bathed in red light; a cougar stalks near a grand piano; a man stands in a tropical jungle surrounded by mist; a pay phone off the hook dangles by its cord.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Behind him, a baby coyote prances into the fog.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

“Save the coyote or something with ‘coyote’ in it.”

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Wildlife officials had found that many of these poisons worked their way through the food chain, sickening and killing owls, raptors, coyotes and mountain lions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

And in its forests and on its grasslands, tule elk and mule deer graze, while bobcats and coyotes hunt for rabbits and mountain beavers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

Many then pay several thousand dollars to smugglers known as coyotes who take them on a grueling journey across the Brazilian border deep in the Amazon rainforest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

As mountain lion activity increased, coyotes and bobcats were observed less frequently.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 28, 2026

He landed screaming in the dust, and then scrambling to his feet he ran to find refuge behind two of his coyotes.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya




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