draw the ire(Careful, you don't want to draw the ire of Reginald and the other right-wing trolls who are anxious to put down any progressive ideas that might challenge their entitled white-boy, SUV-driving, women-in-their-place, fossil-fuel-burning, father-knows-best ideologies. (a comment to a newspaper article)ART Vancouver)
court controversy(Carano courted controversy in fall of 2020 when she refused fans' requests to put her pronouns in her Twitter bio as a show of support for transgender people.cnn.comMr. Wolf)
seal an unlucky fate(You might wonder what that's all about but in Russia, you shouldn't be surprised that anything you do might be a sign of good luck, bad luck, more money, less money or maybe even not getting married for 7 years. Simply choosing what part of the table to sit at could seal an unlucky fate for you.itmo.ru4uzhoj)