bait
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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
“I’d rather be on the end of a fish hook and used as bait than come up against those terrible creatures again!”
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
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
"Gel baits have been found by numerous studies to be very effective, at least in the lab, for German cockroach control," Gordon said.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024
The other baits were still in the water but there was nothing to be done.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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
Newsom also baited Homan: “Come and get me, tough guy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
Peter had baited the trap himself with a carrot, then begged his father to let him sleep in the garden to keep watch.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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
As the game went on, this repetitive baiting of pressure was seen less.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
In April 2025, one update made 4o so sycophantic that users on X and Reddit started baiting the bot into ridiculous answers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
He went on baiting the solitary figure on the beach.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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