1
as in tease
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
I try to ignore the rude comments baiters leave on the website
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2
as in seducer
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire
my sister is quite the mischievous baiter, always offering candy even though she knows I'm on a diet
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Noun
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The image teases both the film’s narrative developments and its jagged formal approach, as the director (who shares editing duties with both co-writer Karen Plata and DP Odei Zabaleta) aims to structurally replicate the non-linear disorder and occasional blind spots of ruptured childhood memories.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025 -
Unsurprisingly, Ben Mendelsohn's return as Orson Krennic and his Death Star project also steal the spotlight for a few seconds in this preview; his appearance was a given after the final tease of season 1.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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City solicitor Renee Garcia — Parker's appointee to lead the law department — filed the lien, demanding repayment plus any expenses and attorney fees incurred in pursuing the debt.—
Isaac Avilucea,
Axios,
21 Feb. 2025
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City’s explanation is that decision, and the case as a whole, fell into the remit of the solicitors representing the company’s insurers rather than the club itself.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Jesus again rejects material gain, and finally banishes the tempter: Satan is not the real God, because there is only one God; the Devil doesn’t have the best tunes.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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Dre Kirkpatrick let his tempter get the best of him after Arizona had stopped Seattle on third down and during a confrontation with the Seahawks’ Metcalf, got hit with a costly 15-yard taunting penalty that changed the entire complexion of the situation.—
Bob McManaman,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Nov. 2020
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So begins an elaborate plot to infiltrate a graphic designer awards event to confront his tormentor head-on.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
14 Feb. 2025
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Scarcity of food and clean water have become merciless tormentors, and the numbers tell a story that words cannot fully convey.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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The event is actually about 5 miles to the north, along Interstate 70, where its performances will hopefully overpower the sirens and 18-wheeler horns crowding that busy stretch.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
27 Feb. 2025
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If necessary, the agent will activate the siren and spotlight as a deterrent and contact local law enforcement.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
26 Feb. 2025
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And at every turn, there were hecklers on social media calling him an idiot, a fraud, and a huckster, and claiming that his companies were about to collapse and die.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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For a time, her performances were interrupted by hecklers, threats to her life were constant, her food was spat in, and the song was basically banned from radio.—
Audra Heinrichs,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Baiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baiter. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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