How to Use under fire in a Sentence

under fire

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  • This is the second officer to come under fire in less than a week.
    — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Real strength – the kind that holds up under fire – is not something that can be topped off with a hormone.
    — Adam Stanaland, The Conversation, 20 July 2026
  • My father, who had been flying under fire without complaint, lost it.
    — Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026
  • The cameras lately have come under fire for officers misusing them.
    — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Angels owner Arte Moreno has come under fire since the team has not made the playoffs since 2014.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Cunningham is under fire for defending women's sports and Hill wasted little time weighing in.
    — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • When an infantry unit was trapped and isolated by the enemy, Capers led a rescue mission to get the Marines out of the kill zone under fire.
    — Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Embattled by a combination of (mostly) fake and real outrage, Triple H has come under fire for booking the same people in the main event.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Oil spills spreading off the coasts of Iran and Oman are raising concerns about environmental damage as oil shipments have come under fire in the Iran war.
    — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The answer rests in part on strong institutions and steady economic management, a central bank and a government that held the macro-economy together under fire.
    — Frayda Leibtag, Time, 13 July 2026
  • Casualty evacuation has also become common, although such missions require careful planning under fire.
    — David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • However, the company has come under fire recently after law enforcement officers were accused of misusing Flock's camera system.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Dru-Ann Jones (Regina Hall) is a college friend and a sports agent who is under fire for publicly dismissing one of her clients who wanted to take a break from playing soccer to focus on mental health.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026
  • Epic’s announcement comes at a time health insurance business practices are under fire from patients, physicians, lawmakers and regulators at both the state and federal level to reduce or get rid of prior authorization.
    — Bruce Japsen, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Wilson’s translation has come under fire for her decision to render Homeric Greek into a direct, colloquial English.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Sargeant, a Florida oil magnate, had come under fire from Venezuelan opposition figures and US allies for allegedly propping up Maduro.
    — Fabiola Zerpa, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Ukraine shows why sovereign AI depends on the ability to compress, distribute and continually update intelligence under fire.
    — John Sviokla, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Weiss has come under fire from multiple former employees and the general public, particularly amid the revamp of CBS’ beloved 60 Minutes program.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez celebrated the rescue on social media at a time that her government has come under fire for what many Venezuelans say has been an inadequate crisis response.
    — ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Opexus has received more than $50 million in federal contracts, according to a Bloomberg report, and has come under fire for lax cybersecurity standards after two of its employees were indicted for deleting and compromising government data.
    — Al Shaw, ProPublica, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed is under fire after boasting about the endorsement of Detroit pastor Horace Sheffield III.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Rush-White Sox partnership under fire Rush signed a multi-year sponsorship as the White Sox's official healthcare partner, paying tens of thousands of dollars for stadium branding, game sponsorships and other marketing.
    — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, more than 100 Russian vessels — many exporting crude — in the ⁠Black Sea and Sea ⁠of Azov have come under fire, further limiting Russia's ability to export oil and refined products.
    — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • Around 2 million people were under fire alerts Monday across the Four Corners states — Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah — as well as parts of Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 29 June 2026

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