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Realizing he could do the same on a large scale, he found a farmer who was breeding insects for fish bait, and recruited him to help launch Ÿnsect.
WITH BACKING FROM HOLLYWOOD, FRENCH STARTUP ŸNSECT PLANS TO BRING EDIBLE INSECTS TO AMERICAVIVIENNE WALTOCTOBER 12, 2020FORTUNEThere are the seafood buffets and bait shops, which give way to newfangled Starbucks.
FAST-FOOD BUFFETS ARE A THING OF THE PAST. SOME DOUBT THEY EVER EVEN EXISTED.MM CARRIGANSEPTEMBER 29, 2020EATERJumping worms are often sold as compost worms or fishing bait.
INVASIVE JUMPING WORMS DAMAGE U.S. SOIL AND THREATEN FORESTSMEGAN SEVERSEPTEMBER 29, 2020SCIENCE NEWSFor a sub-30 percent shooter from three, he’s taken the bait too often.
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE FOR THE HOUSTON ROCKETS. EVEN JAMES HARDEN’S FUTURE.CHRIS HERRING (CHRIS.HERRING@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)SEPTEMBER 14, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTSuch baits would be especially helpful if they attract other types of locusts, too, like the desert species.
A SINGLE CHEMICAL MAY DRAW LONELY LOCUSTS INTO A HUNGRY SWARMJONATHAN LAMBERTSEPTEMBER 7, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThe moment the bait was touched, down would come the heavy timber—smash—on the tiger's head.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEBut what if I catch the fish by using a hired boat and a hired net, or by buying worms as bait from some one who has dug them?
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKHe rushed with ravenous eagerness at every bait which was offered to his cupidity.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYI threw out a bait to see if you would snap at it, but I find you timid, and therefore advise you to drop the matter entirely.'
THE STAIRCASE AT THE HEARTS DELIGHTANNA KATHARINE GREEN (MRS. CHARLES ROHLFS)So it ran along and nibbled the bait until its sharp teeth cut the cord.
THE LATER CAVE-MENKATHARINE ELIZABETH DOPPWORDS RELATED TO BAIT
- accompany
- attend
- badger
- bait
- bird-dog
- bug
- camp on the doorstep of
- chivy
- dog
- fish
- give chase
- go after
- harass
- harry
- haunt
- hound
- hunt
- hunt down
- move behind
- nose around
- oppress
- persevere
- persist
- plague
- play catch up
- poke around
- prowl after
- ride
- run after
- run down
- scout out
- search for
- search high heaven
- search out
- seek
- shadow
- stalk
- tag
- tail
- take out after
- trace
- track
- track down
- trail
- annoy
- badger
- bait
- banter
- be at
- bedevil
- beleaguer
- bother
- chaff
- devil
- disturb
- dog
- gibe
- give a hard time
- gnaw
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hector
- importune
- jive
- josh
- lead on
- mock
- needle
- nudge
- pester
- pick on
- plague
- put down
- rag
- rally
- razz
- rib
- ride
- ridicule
- roast
- send up
- slam
- snap
- sound
- spoof
- swipe at
- tantalize
- taunt
- torment
- vex
- worry
- annoyed
- badgered
- baited
- bantered
- bedeviled
- beleaguered
- bothered
- chaffed
- devilled
- disturbed
- dogged
- gave a hard time
- gibed
- gnawed
- goaded
- harassed
- harried
- hectored
- importuned
- jived
- joshed
- led on
- mocked
- needled
- nudged
- pestered
- picked on
- plagued
- put down
- ragged
- rallied
- razzed
- ribbed
- ridiculed
- roasted
- rode
- sent up
- slammed
- snapped
- sounded
- spoofed
- swipe at
- tantalized
- taunted
- tormented
- vexed
- was at
- worried
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