The show tried to court controversy and listeners in equal measure.

Increasingly he became willing to court controversy by his judicial pronouncements.

Ian Davidson seems to court controversy, he has a history of using "unfortunate" language which is less than acceptable.

Many cooks find that to depart from habit at holiday time is to court controversy.

Always speaking her mind, she seemed to court controversy.

Like a declared candidate, a political star, if he wants to remain broadly appealing, cannot afford to court controversy and enemies.

It's not the first time the siblings have used multimedia to court controversy.

As a solo artist, he has continued to court controversy.

But curators have few incentives to court controversy because they need a family constituency.

Hamilton does not want to court controversy, but he expected the scene.