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coyote

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


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Donohoo said she ran into the house with her son, and the coyote left.

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

Last summer, a 6-year-old boy was attacked by a coyote while watching his sister’s softball game at Del Amo Park in Carson.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

We clear a rise in the rock, pull up over a cliff, and it’s worse than I feared: my coyote is in the middle of the path, lying on her side, panting.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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