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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 is difficult to comprehend how much this young coyote endured over the course of the past year,” Wildlife Care of SoCal wrote in an update Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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

I have spoken to other people in the community, and they support saving the coyote.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

They and the other dinosaurs — a T. rex, an armored ankylosaurus, a sight-gag-worthy giant snake — adapt to the 20th century as comfortably as coyotes, skulking through backyards in search of prey.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The coyotes appear to have made themselves quite comfortable in their new home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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

There she stopped, breathing deeply, watching the coyotes disappear in the distance.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen




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