coyote

Example Sentences

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The agency believes the coyote responsible for the Tuesday and Feb. 11 attacks could also be responsible for one of the other attacks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

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

I sniff the air, and it stinks of human smells, but there, on the weak breeze from the direction of sunrise, I smell coyote.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz