bait
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They include accusing Fifa of bait advertising - illegal under EU consumer law - with its later release of cheaper tickets "so scarce" that it advertised a price "not genuinely available".
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
In each and every instance, the players refused to take the bait.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
But Kim has so far refused to take the bait.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
Throughout Seattle’s run, Darnold wouldn’t take the bait.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026
I finally have to tell him the bait is for me.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
Vocabulary lists containing bait
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