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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

But when British newspaper The Daily Mail offered what in today’s money would be a $500,000 prize for the first person or persons to fly nonstop across the Atlantic, several contenders took the bait.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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

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

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

In tuna longlining, the ship uses a line made of thick microfilament, sometimes stretching as long as 40 miles, with baited hooks attached at intervals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

Anyhow, by the end of the first week I get near a hundred traps in the water, all baited and waiting for visitors.

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

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

Milan's back three would drop deep, baiting United's front four to step up and press them.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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

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

“Just don’t rise to his baiting and he’ll tire of it soon enough.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss