bait
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The results revealed that HMA domains can function as biological bait.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
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
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
Kitchen has the bait bag and the lobster wants to get at it.
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
As an alternative, Gordon suggests that people faced with cockroach infestations use baits.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2024
You have to control your anger when Enrique baits you.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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
Even if you don't know the term, if you're a social media user, it's quite likely you have been rage baited.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
Newsom also baited Homan: “Come and get me, tough guy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2025
We were a team, but like one of Abby’s baited hooks, we were sinking fast.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
So if you’re blowing up someone’s spot, you’re baiting them up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
“Shai has made hoops all about foul baiting and now you’re stuck guarding him in Underdog’s new board game,” a description reads on the game’s website.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 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
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
Eurymakhos, the son of Polybos, took up the baiting, angling for a laugh among his friends.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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