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
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 J. Macfarlane
In two or three forms some of the stories that form this collection have appeared in book covers in years past, but always to meet with disaster that was no fault of theirs.
From Queer Stories for Boys and Girls by Edward Eggleston
Seeing that, if unsupported, this force must meet with disaster, the Earl of Galway reluctantly ordered the troops under his command to advance.
From In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain by Charles Mills Sheldon
But when you meet with disaster, as you undoubtedly will, you must remember that you’ve got nobody but yourself to blame.
From The Delafield Affair by Florence Finch Kelly
