How to Use come under in a Sentence

come under

phrasal verb
  • The role — and size — of the U.S. Supreme Court has come under scrutiny in recent years.
    Destiny Torres, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Much of the good news had to do with the economy, as the stock market broke records and prices have come under control.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Belgorod and Kursk, both close to the Ukrainian border, have also come under fire in the past.
    Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • More villages in southern Lebanon have come under shelling.
    Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The city has come under near-daily attacks since Ukraine recaptured it a year ago.
    TIME, 12 Nov. 2023
  • To say that supply chains have come under enormous stress over the last few years is, well, a bit of an understatement.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Kharkiv and Odessa have also come under attack in recent days.
    Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But some of those deals are coming under more scrutiny as studios look to cut costs.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The app has come under fire in recent weeks after Title 42 was lifted.
    Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 1 July 2023
  • Rostov-on-Don, about 75 miles from the Ukrainian border, has come under attack during the Ukraine war.
    Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Both offer low-cost access to the slopes but have come under fire for overcrowding resorts.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • But when Tom accepts a job at the other end of the country, their happily ever after comes under threat.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Beyoncé came under fire when her hair care brand was first announced in 2023.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Even though Citizens didn’t have the same problems as the banks that failed last year, your stock came under a lot of pressure like almost all regional banks.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
  • But historians who studied the Poles’ role in the Holocaust came under attack.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
  • This all comes under the auspices of new master distiller Owen Martin, who started his job at Angel’s Envy just about a year ago.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The move comes after Toast came under pressure from Wall Street to reach profitability more quickly.
    Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Bank shares came under pressure on Tuesday after Moody's downgraded 10 small and mid-sized lenders.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The network came under criticism for giving the former president a platform at the time.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The woman was driving as her car came under fire, and one of the boys in the back seat was shot four times in the legs, according to Wainwright, the assistant district attorney, and police.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 5 July 2023
  • TikTok came under scrutiny by Congress amid concerns about the app's ties to China.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 May 2024
  • Experts say that Russia still doesn’t want to abandon its relations with Israel, which have come under growing strain since the beginning of the war in Gaza.
    Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The relationship has come under scrutiny in the landmark antitrust suit brought against Google by the Justice Department and dozens of states.
    Nico Grant, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Americans pay some of the highest real estate commissions in the world and the fees are coming under scrutiny.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The company’s Prime membership program has come under scrutiny by the FTC as well.
    Makena Kelly, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
  • His past two days of practice, against the Bears and Eagles, have come under such a steady pass rush that he's attempted just 14 total passes, completing only six of them.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Other colleges have come under scrutiny for wage gaps in recent years.
    Erin Nolan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Nyad is a controversial figure, and some aspects of this marathon swim have come under scrutiny.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Thomas told the Daily Bruin his officers came under attack while helping an injured woman and had to leave.
    Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
  • But the police and clan groups have also come under attack, with a police chief and two top police officials recently killed.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024

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