coyote

Example Sentences

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Fight back if the coyote makes contact and call Animal Control or 911.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

A lonely coyote stalks the barren ground around oil pump jacks; a dead deer, its eye milky white, lies on a fern-like blanket of boughs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

My friend was shamed for reporting a coyote sighting in her desert neighborhood on Nextdoor and took the post down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Mama!’ and when I looked at him there was a massive coyote right behind him,” his mother, Aida Svelto, told The Times in an interview Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Today’s lunch project, however, does not concern trees, but my dog—er, coyote.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz