How to Use come under in a Sentence
come under
phrasal verb-
More than a hundred fire engines and ambulances have also come under attack.
— Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024 -
Amid these setbacks, team captain Harmanpreet Kaur's position has come under scrutiny.
— Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 -
Jabalia has been the focus of an Israeli offensive for more than 10 days, and troops are returning to areas of the north that came under heavy bombardment in the early months of the year-long war.
— John Bacon, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024 -
Analysts have already suggested that Lyft and Uber may come under pressure if Tesla's robotaxi ambitions come to fruition.
— Hope King, Axios, 11 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
The news comes as the chain has come under heavy criticism for the amount of caffeine in the drinks, which will be removed from the menu.
— Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 7 May 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 -
Teixeira has fought twice in 2024, with both contests coming under the LFA banner.
— Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024 -
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 -
In a nutshell, Springfield has come under verbal siege.
— Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2024 -
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 -
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 -
Meanwhile, in 2021, the Colombian rapper Balvin came under fire for a music video that featured him walking Black women around on a leash.
— Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 25 Sep. 2024 -
But historians who studied the Poles’ role in the Holocaust came under attack.
— Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023 -
Both the book and the film — or at least the marketing campaign for the film — have come under fire for glossing over the seriousness of domestic abuse with too much gooey romance.
— Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2024 -
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 -
Popular on Variety Once the village comes under attack from a group of apes, Noa is forced to leave the safe space of his village and go in search of his family.
— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 May 2024 -
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
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