bait
Example Sentences
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Meantime, Indiana is trying to bait the Bears to lumber over the state border and set up a den in the city of Hammond.
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
The zoo said recent sightings have been centred around the same area, with thermal drones, camera traps and traps baited with melon being used to lure her out.
From BBC
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
I’ll give her credit, though: She made up a can of dough balls for our bait.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
