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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

But after circling a few times, the shark spat out the bait, leaving fishermen on the pier stunned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 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

Thus preoccupied with worry and hazy minded from lack of sleep, Penelope gathered her fishing pole, bait, and bucket.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Those liquids included insecticides, and some of the baits included rodenticide blocks, according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

One of the curious facts about rats - and one begins to explain why poison baits often don't work - is that they cannot vomit.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

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

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 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

Ellis baits the hook, and I know she genuinely wants to talk, and she’s bummed, probably, that Mom can’t make time for her hockey games.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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

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

Ordaz also showed a bit of moxie midway through the first half Wednesday when he tangled with veteran Miami defender Maximiliano Falcón, who baited his young opponent all game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025

I let that down, baited, and I waited to see what sort offish I would catch.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

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

"The thing about Zidane, he drifts off your shoulder. He often goes away from the ball, almost baiting you. But the ball's not the danger, it's him," Lambert told the Guardian.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Smishing has become one of those quotidian irritations of modern life, and for some people, baiting the sender can feel like a tiny act of revenge—or just an opportunity for amusement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 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

Matthew Wood, after baiting John with fierce questions that threw the young student into confusion, had scornfully labeled him a “young toady with no mind of his own.”

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare