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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

You don’t want to muck bait it and drag it out for the sake of dragging it out.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 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

He stands there at the end of the wharf, big as his own bait shack, and watches until I’m out of sight.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

The inspections uncovered thousands of unlawfully disposed items, including pesticide containers with liquids, foams, baits, pellets and aerosol sprays.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025

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

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

The researchers showed that the biopesticide efficiently kills both ordinary and chemical-pesticide-resistant mosquitoes when included in standard baits.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2024

And because "weird" can mean so many different things, it baits those who feel attacked into dumb definitional debates.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2024

It was useless to go on dramatizing her charms and talents for the benefit of these ridiculous knights—useless to go on hunting them with the tyrannous baits of what she thought was love.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The next inning, Kyle Tucker hit a two-out single into left, baited Sale into picking over to first base twice, and then stole second.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

They addressed each other as Walter and Cornelius, which scandalized Mother, and they baited each other in genial discussions of Genesis versus the Fossil Record.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

In an election shaped by identity, livelihoods and a fair amount of playful baiting, fish may not decide the result.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

He was untangling lines, baiting hooks, or helping them reel in a fish.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson