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The men reportedly used pieces of fish as bait, placing traps outside houses where they knew cats were kept, state media reported.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The experiments used small groups of termites under controlled conditions, and the researchers described the findings as support for developing bistrifluron further as a localized treatment or possible bait ingredient.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Also known as grabblers or hand-fishermen, noodlers use their own bare limbs as bait to catch enormous flathead catfish lurking in Southern and Midwestern rivers, creeks, and lakes.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

On today’s bait menu: a tin of Wild Planet sardines, a bag of tuna flakes and a clamshell container of roasted chicken wings Navratil picked up from 7-Eleven on the way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

In the driveway, Macon divided the gear between their bikes and together they rode to the bait shop.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

"I ended up in sewers, trying to hang poison baits to kill rats."

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

As an alternative, Gordon suggests that people faced with cockroach infestations use baits.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024

“These baits are designed to be slow, because if they kill the ants super fast, there won’t be enough time to pass the toxicants or insecticide to the queen and the rest of the colony.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

Airdropped poison baits have been used to eradicate predators from uninhabited islands, but that is a problematic strategy if people live nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2024

Brent baits Josh, letting him right-of-way over and over.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Do you think he can resist being baited?

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026

A baited camera mounted on a bottom lander captured rare footage of another goblin shark swimming freely in its natural environment.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026

But the most difficult challenge was the fact that Norman didn’t know he was at the center of the production, so he had to be constantly baited.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

BB14 landed on their radar in May 2024 when she wandered into a baited trap in Claremont.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

Sammy and James took the few bony fish they had caught and baited the crab traps.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt

Her Honor just needed to do more of the same: hail her own accomplishments, deliver well-timed zingers and keep as cool as a cucumber while baiting Raman into self-immolation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

A lawyer representing Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is calling for the destruction of all copies of an extremely limited-edition, Operation-style board game mocking SGA for ‘foul baiting.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

There’s also some whining about Gilgeous-Alexander baiting foul calls from referees—initiating contact and then putting on a Juilliard-worthy death scene—but in this he’s hardly alone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

Through a proprietary mixture of light nostalgia baiting and ever-present curiosity, Gellar has achieved a rare type of icon status — a superstar who owns her legacy, but isn’t willing to rest on her laurels.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

Eurymakhos, the son of Polybos, took up the baiting, angling for a laugh among his friends.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer