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
John Hickenlooper, the former governor of Colorado, said that this approach would court disaster.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 31, 2019
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
To do otherwise is to court disaster, for envy is the most powerful passion of the soul, and envy is inevitably excited by contemplation of the successes of our equals or inferiors.
From First Person Paramount by Ambrose Pratt
