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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Author and showrunner Jenny Han teases that season 3 will deviate from the storyline in her book series.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
5 June 2025 -
That tease comes on the heels of wrapping up her Celebration Tour last May, grossing nearly $230 million, her sixth to gross more than $100 million since 2001.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Timothy Hauser, then an associate solicitor at the Labor Department, was one of the attorneys who signed the brief.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
30 Dec. 2024
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The second occurred at a four-way intersection with four solicitors distracting drivers and leading to a car being rear-ended as a result.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 May 2025
Noun
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The men live with a group of single women, known as the temptresses, while the women move in with a group of single men, dubbed the tempters.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 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
Noun
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For example, Sherman, who joined the show’s cast in 2021, is his greatest tormentor.—
Michael Tedder,
The Atlantic,
17 May 2025
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The identity of his tormentors and their reason for targeting him remains a mystery until the final minutes, which turn the episode into one sick, distasteful joke.—
Charles Bramesco,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For instance, Johnson County examined tornado data and changed its siren activation zones based on the historical data.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
27 May 2025
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Every year, everything stops at 1100 when sirens blare all over the country.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Listen to this article 3 min Legendary comedian Jerry Seinfeld faced anti-Israel hecklers while leaving a New York Knicks game.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2025
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Some Republicans appear to be taking precautions to prevent hecklers.—
Mohammed Soliman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Baiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baiter. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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