How to Use come under fire in a Sentence

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  • This isn't the first time Biden has come under fire for his relationship with the crown prince.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Chapek has come under fire from fans for many, many decisions.
    Vulture, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Tony Dungy has come under fire for some recent comments.
    Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The high cost of commissary merchandise and calls behind bars has come under fire over the last decade across the country.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • By that point, Vega and Hernandez had already come under fire for their role in the Guardado killing in June 2020.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • This practice has come under fire due to privacy concerns for girls who are now living in a world where Roe v. Wade is no longer the law of the land.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The attachments have come under fire in recent years due to the numerous mass shootings in which they have been used.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The measure is one of a slew of bills referred to the House Committee to change 8-30g, which has come under fire repeatedly.
    Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2023
  • BlackRock is not the only big asset manager to come under fire in the United States.
    Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • But carbon credits have come under fire lately and the future of that industry is in doubt.
    Gabriel Popkin Audra Melton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The tracks and vehicles have come under fire from Russian forces, but they have been quickly repaired by Ukrainian crews.
    Matt Viser and Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Even art-history courses have come under fire for smuggling into the classroom, via the ...
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Lincoln is thought to remain the only sitting president to come under fire.
    Leah Vredenbregt, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2023
  • This seemed like a watershed moment for the Hall of Fame, which has come under fire — as has the whole voting process — for being tone deaf to today’s reality.
    Mark Faller, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Keim, as well as head coach Kliff Kingsbury, have come under fire for the team's 4-9 record this season with many calling for the Cardinals to fire the general manager and head coach.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Amazon has often come under fire for its lax product controls.
    WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Despite the White House involvement, Haaland has come under fire for the decision to approve Willow.
    Matthew Daly, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Billionaires and celebrities in the US have also come under fire on social media for their constant private air travel.
    Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Other recent Broadway film-to-stage adaptations, such as Tootsie and Mrs. Doubtfire, have come under fire for their use of cisgender actors in roles that use the idea of a man in a dress as part of their humor.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Politicians and other public figures are constantly spewing the same hatred that J.K. Rowling has come under fire for.
    Patricia Karounos, refinery29.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The country’s regime has come under fire for its record of human-rights violations, especially after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
    Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Drag shows that allow children in the audience have come under fire from far-right extremists across the country over the last year, sometimes with resulting violence.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Disney The entertainment giant has come under fire time and again for supposed wokeness.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Starting Young: The city’s gifted and talented program, which relies mainly on testing 4-year-olds, has also come under fire for sorting students by race.
    Troy Closson, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Three years ago, county supervisors voted to create a plan for shuttering the decrepit jail, though the county has since come under fire for its apparent lack of progress toward closure.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Biden has also come under fire from Republican lawmakers who said the balloon should have never been allowed to traverse the continental US for a week before it was shot down.
    Jordan Fabian, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Davie, a former marketing executive who also had links to the Conservative Party, has come under fire for his handling of the dispute with Lineker.
    Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The city had come under fire in November, when police arrested and jailed Martha Menefield, an 82-year-old woman, for not paying her $77 trash bill -- an incident that stirred national outrage.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Navient has come under fire for steering borrowers toward forbearance instead of other options, and settled with the 39 attorneys general over the practice.
    Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2022
  • But the channel, which has more than 3 million subscribers, has come under fire recently after some parents took issue with Hoffman’s identity, asserting falsely that the show introduced the concept of they/them pronouns to their young audience.
    Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2023

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