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meet with disaster





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Veteran mountaineers and search-and-rescue teams worry it’s only a matter of time before others unversed in the perils follow in their steps only to meet with disaster.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2023

Ever a keen judge of men and their ways, she was well aware that any effort to reclaim him to-night would meet with disaster.

From The Girl of the Golden West by Belasco, David

A plan may meet with disaster, even where every precaution has been taken.

From The Sword Maker by Barr, Robert

The Union forces were successful everywhere along the coast; not once did they meet with disaster.

From Marcy The Refugee by Castlemon, Harry

Occasionally they meet with disaster, of which we can easily call to mind instances, both ancient and modern.

From The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned by Macfarlane, J.




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