We move back to where Silverio has left a line with hooks baited with sardines.

BBC: Sardinia, land and sea

Staff placed a humane trap, baited with carrots and apples, near the beaver's lodge.

BBC: Beaver

Mr McFarlane complains about creelers, who place pots baited with rotting fish on the seabed and wait for inquisitive prawns to crawl in.

ECONOMIST: Fishing in Scotland

Tom Hammond, 66, alerted park staff who borrowed traps from Scottish Natural Heritage, and hid one under a tarpaulin in Mr Hammond's garden, baited with cat food.

BBC: Raccoon

Lethal traps baited with fly-attracting pheromones are another option.

ECONOMIST: Biological pest control

We felt they had us over a barrel, and I think they baited us with the lower interest rate and knew all along that they were going to switch the rate on us.

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But with less than two months until the Ames, Iowa Straw Poll, I wait with baited breath.

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