How to Use come under in a Sentence
come under
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Cheatle came under intense scrutiny in the wake of the shooting, which took place during a rally for Trump.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
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Indeed, the movement to call your company a family has recently come under fire.
—Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 3 June 2024
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In recent years, police dog programs have come under increasing scrutiny.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
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Germany's military has also come under recent criticism for reliance on the fax machine.
—Esme Nicholson, NPR, 31 May 2024
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When the state recovered from the recession, Brown came under intense pressure to spend the state’s surpluses on new programs.
—Louis Freedberg, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
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The department’s response to racial justice protests in 2020 came under intense criticism.
—Ashley Luthern, Journal Sentinel, 22 July 2024
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As rates of homelessness in the U.S. grow, more churches across the country are coming under fire from law enforcement for helping people in need get something to eat and a place to stay.
—Claire Thornton, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
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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
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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
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Belgorod and Kursk, both close to the Ukrainian border, have also come under fire in the past.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
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More villages in southern Lebanon have come under shelling.
—Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
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The city has come under near-daily attacks since Ukraine recaptured it a year ago.
—TIME, 12 Nov. 2023
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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
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Kharkiv and Odessa have also come under attack in recent days.
—Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
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But some of those deals are coming under more scrutiny as studios look to cut costs.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
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The app has come under fire in recent weeks after Title 42 was lifted.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 1 July 2023
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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
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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
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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
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Beyoncé came under fire when her hair care brand was first announced in 2023.
—Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 22 Apr. 2024
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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
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But historians who studied the Poles’ role in the Holocaust came under attack.
—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
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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
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The move comes after Toast came under pressure from Wall Street to reach profitability more quickly.
—Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2023
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Bank shares came under pressure on Tuesday after Moody's downgraded 10 small and mid-sized lenders.
—Harold Maass, The Week, 8 Aug. 2023
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The network came under criticism for giving the former president a platform at the time.
—Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
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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
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TikTok came under scrutiny by Congress amid concerns about the app's ties to China.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 May 2024
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But in the days since the shooting, the service has come under scrutiny for how the alleged gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, could have come so close in his attempt to assassinate Trump.
—Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 15 July 2024
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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
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