bounty

Weary of venomous snake bites, British authorities put a bounty on dead cobras — but this only incentivized locals to breed more of the snakes, in order to collect even more reward money.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

If El-Sayed makes it to Capitol Hill, the win will represent, by far, Piker’s most impressive bounty yet.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

Third, incentivize states to loosen land-use restrictions by providing a $25,000 bounty tied to increasing the number of starter homes built on small lots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

But not all of California got the bounty of precipitation during that El Niño.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

What kind of world is it, he asked himself, when an android phones up a bounty hunter and offers him assistance?

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

He never saw protection of domestic manufacturing as a long-term policy but rather insisted that “continuance of bounties on manufactures long established must almost always be of questionable policy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Which is why it’s so important for older Angelenos to have resources — and bounties — as they age.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024

Come dinnertime at 5 p.m., its menu shifts to family-style meals, featuring a large seafood lineup with bounties from its live fish tanks.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

A lone fisher or group of happy fishers would go to the ocean, a river or lake, then haul in endless bounties of aquatic creatures.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2024

As late as 1890, New York State paid bounties on 107 mountain lions, but within a decade they were virtually all gone.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson