court disaster
Example Sentences
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Superstitious sippers must not break their teapot, pour tea back into the teapot, drink the kettle dry or drink out of the spout, lest they court disaster.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023
In scene after scene, he seems to court disaster with a cavalier disregard for his safety — courageous, yes, but arguably a poor form of leadership, given what followed.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2022
German diplomats warn that redrawing boundaries in a region still reeling from war would court disaster.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2019
To tell the truth would be to court disaster: a probable break-up, plus the risk of a permanent rift between father and daughter and father and wife.
From The Guardian • Mar. 12, 2019
Moreover, with adverse winds they might never return to Kamtchatka, and to winter among the Chukches was to court disaster.
From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)
