court disaster
Example Sentences
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To buy your own hype or indulge your own propaganda — to treat your image as reality and close yourself to criticism and critique — is to court disaster.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2022
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
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 go to an hotel at that hour of night, without luggage and with an American passport not in order, would be to court disaster.
From The Man with the Clubfoot by Williams, Valentine
