court disaster
Example Sentences
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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
But the surest way to court disaster is to have no coherent plan at all. ♦
From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017
Personally, I don't believe in talking down to any child; but to employ this method with Phillida is to court disaster.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28 by Various
